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| Pregnant woman and others killed as the Russians shoot at volunteers and those fleeing the Kakhovka Dam flooding |
| 2023-06-12 |
| Been posts for the past month of Ukrainian shelling of Golaya Pristan. The story likely is spurious. [KHPG] Tetiana Hryshko was almost 33 and pregnant when the Russians killed her in Kherson oblast as she tried to rescue her grandparents from the flooding unleashed by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam on 6 June. As of late on 11 June, she is one of several Ukrainians reported killed as they tried to flee for their lives or help others to evacuate. Tetiana Hryshko was from Hola Prystan which is presently under Russian occupation and one of the occupied cities facing the most devastating flooding. Her death was reported, citing three of Tetiana’s friends, by ’Russia killed them’, a social media page which records the victims of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. She was shot by Russian shelling on 8 June as she tried to get her grandparents out of the city. A hairdresser by profession, Tetiana was just a month off her 33rd birthday, when she was killed, together with her unborn daughter. Russia first shelled an evacuation point in the centre of Kherson on 8 June. The savage shelling of a city which so joyfully greeted the Ukrainian liberators on 11 November 2022 has been relentless, despite the devastation caused by Russia’s destruction of the Khakhovka Dam. The situation is even more dire on the left bank of the Dnipro. Despite claiming that occupied areas, like Hola Prystan and Oleshki are ’new Russian territory’, the Russian occupiers took days before even beginning any rescue efforts. It has, from the outset, obstructed those volunteers unwilling to stand helplessly by as people were swept from the roofs of their homes, having waited in vain for the occupation authorities to rescue them. On 11 June, Prokudin reported that the Russians had shelled an evacuation boat trying to take people from the left bank. Three civilians were killed, including a 74-year-old man who was shot in the back as he tried to protect his wife from the shelling. Since then, the Kherson Regional Prosecutor has said that at least 23 people were injured. The police stated that 21 people had been rescued, with almost all of them elderly and with limited mobility. "This was a huge risk, however we couldn’t abandon people. As a result, treacherous shooting in the back.", the police write. The independent Russian publication Agentstvo reported on 10 June, citing unnamed volunteers, that the fate was unknown of 374 people from Russian-occupied territory on the left bank of the Dnipro. |
| Posted by:Enver Slager8035 |
| #6 Another |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-06-12 13:53 |
| #5 The flood happened a few days ago and it is pretty obvious it is Russian artillery and small arms fire that is targeting the rescuers (who are not Russian). They have targeted rescuers on boats and on land in Kherson. Look at the linked pics and videos and claim the Ukrainians did that to themselves. |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-06-12 13:46 |
| #4 Golaya Pristan has been under near constant Ukrainian artillery fire since at least December, 2022 So, I have severe doubts of the provenance of the story. |
| Posted by: badanov 2023-06-12 13:36 |
| #3 My reading comprehension is fine. Show where this attack on flood resue victims is spurious: false, fake or forged. In addition, the Russians have done squat to rescue flood victims on their controlled side, even denying aid to those who don't have a Russian passport. |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-06-12 13:11 |
| #2 ^^ Reading comprehensive is such a tragedy. |
| Posted by: badanov 2023-06-12 13:04 |
| #1 Spurious Spurious |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-06-12 11:33 |