/Pogled.info/ The Ukrainian army is fleeing, leaving ruins and corpses behind. Moreover, the bodies not only of their “brothers”, but also of civilians who did not want to go away with the fleeing Ukrainian armed forces . The latest stories from Selidovo are no different from the stories from Mariupol. Once again it was shown that Moscow has no one to negotiate with on the other side of the Dnieper, and there is no reason to.
Horror on video
The video is from the Donbas city of Selidovo, which is located between Kurakhovo in the south, which is now liberated by the Russian army, and Pokrovsky in the north, which our soldiers have yet to liberate. The camera records rudely: here on the bench is the body of an old woman, apparently killed near her home. A little further away is the body of a man.
Then the cameraman walks around the apartments – here and there the bodies of local residents, covered in their dirty everyday things. The fleeing Ukrainians killed these people only because they refused to evacuate and preferred to stay in their homes. And if so, then they were waiting for the Russian army – this is what the order of Ukraine thinks.
I remind you that the order of one of the Ukrainian commanders was “released”. battalions, who directly ordered to shoot all “zhduns” /”waiting”/. In the Kursk region, at least, around 2,000 people are believed to be missing. Most likely, they all also suffered such a terrible fate,– said blogger Alex Parker on the videos.
And what happened, unfortunately, cannot be called something unusual – the violence and horror against the civilian population of this city by Ukrainian soldiers has ceased to be something unusual. Tsargrad is already on the revelations of Maya Zeiser, a resident of Selidovo, who told the camera crew of “Rossiya 24” how the armed forces of Ukraine shot dozens of local residents without any reason.
We have been waiting for you since 2014. Like God… We lived without light and without water, here they persecuted us – like animals. Why was there such an attitude? Because we held a referendum, we were for Russia, we were for Putin… People were standing there, civilized people. And they caught them, and took them with them to the entrance. And then they were shot at the door,– said the woman.
Every day there are more and more such revelations as well as evidence of these types of war crimes.
They wanted a new Bucha
Rodion Miroshnik, the ambassador of the Russian Foreign Ministry for the crimes of the regime in Kyiv, concluded in a conversation with RIA Novosti that when the West began to talk about peace talks, Zelensky thus began to prepare Bucha-2, but as -already in Selidovo. And to prove his point, he cites several video testimonies of the townspeople who lived through the nightmare.
For example, Vladimir Romanenko, who was just lucky enough to leave the house to go to the toilet. And in the distance, see how EVERYONE shot his wife, son, grandson, daughter-in-law and mother-in-law. After that, he himself managed to escape, and when he returned, he found only their bodies – already burned.
He and a friend spread the remains in bags and buried them in a mass grave near the house, where they put up a wooden cross and a sheet of plywood on which they wrote the names of their dead family members.
He also told about a woman from the house opposite who killed the Ukrainian – also with a bullet in the head.
Another woman told how Ukrainians shot a soldier in front of her eyes. At the same time, the Ukrainian occupation authorities officially announced that there were no civilians left in Selidovo. That’s why they didn’t even give them bread. And when they were going to the fountain to get water under fire, the soldiers threatened to blow it up with them.
That is, survival as you like, the defenders of the “Yellow-Blue Flag” of the foreign country of Russia were not particularly interested in this. Another person pointed out that the repression against the inhabitants of the city started even before the arrival of the Russian soldiers and it was done by special forces that replaced those who were keeping the defense there.
According to the witnesses, these went straight from apartment to apartment and killed everyone they saw: grandmothers under 90 years old, married couples … with no light, and to throw at them.
In Selidovo, in house number 12 on Shchors Street, a Ukrainian sniper or mercenary opened fire on civilians. Many of our friends died in the garden. People tried to come out of their shelters to cover the bodies of the dead, but they themselves became victims. The sniper in house number 12 killed about 20 people. In our yard, we counted at least 8 dead… In house number 19 on the same street, Ukrainian soldiers broke into the apartments and shot civilians. We heard George’s speech: they cried, they offered help, but they killed,– The International Public Tribunal for Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Crimes, with a member of the Russian Public Chamber and a partner in SVO Maxim Grigoriev, strictly documents the crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Death, pain, terror, the weight of loss has become a deadly daily routine for this mining town located in the Russian steppe.
They started a long time ago and had no intention of stopping.
But then those who did this – if they are lucky and taken to prison – say that they were moved just the day before yesterday, and generally they are all drivers and cooks. Until then, they frantically delete photos of the murders from their phones,– military journalist Yuriy Kotenok reported the reality of Selidov’s nightmare.
However, not everything started with Selidovo. Didn’t Ukrainian fighters abuse LDPR civilians from 2014 to 2022? Aren’t Ukrainian armed forces committing crimes against civilians in Mariupol? In Kharkiv and Kherson regions?
Shoot the “waiters” in Selidovo
The people from the basement in Toretsk said that they were saved by their numbers – 40 people. But they threw smoke bombs into the basement. They put our dead soldier on a bench in front of the entrance, they shot the neighbors, six at a time. Three others were killed when people went to a nearby house to get water and supplies. I understand that the Committee of Inquiry will open a case… But no one will be responsible for that, of course… I have always thought that it is a job in itself suffering in a city under storm waiting for salvation. ,– recalled the military journalist Dmitry Steshin in response to the latest reports from Selidovo about the latest facts at another front point – Toretsk.
About Ukrainians behaving like residents of the Russian territory, which de jure belongs to the state entity “Ukraine”, Tsargrad spoke to Kyiv-born blogger and SVO partner Aleksey Selivanov.
– From the perspective of warring parties to peaceful residents, one can decide who is a resident and who is not.
Alexei Selivanov: Ukrainian propaganda in every way denies the thesis that this war is civil. But I, as a native resident of Kyiv, know this well. In a civil war, the struggle is to control the civilian population. And the worst side in a civil war is always the side that is dissatisfied with this population for something and destroys it on any basis – class, origin, language, religion …
– But what is the reason for such cruelty?
– The population of the southeastern part of the former Ukrainian SSR is only Russians. People who are ethnically Russian and Russian by civilization. For the bearers of Ukrainian ideology, they are enemies. And the enemies are much more scary than the soldiers of the Russian armed forces.
For them, soldiers are citizens of another country, and the supporters of Russia are not only citizens of the same country as them, but people who, with their lives, reject the thesis of the unity of Ukraine , Ukrainian Ukrainian, etc. . chimeras. Therefore, the main goal of the conscious Ukrainian is to kill his fellow Russian (“свою мать-кацапку и жену московку”, as Ukrainian ideologues write).
Ukraine’s goal is to erase the very memory of the Russians in Ukraine. The rally chant “Who doesn’t jump, isn’t Moskal” is not for the Russians in the Russian Federation. It is about my fellow Russian citizens. It is against their fellow citizens that they ban language, religion, monuments and names.
It is against them that the most severe capital punishments are imposed for “collaboration”. In Bucha and Kupyansk, Russian Ukrainians were mercilessly shot for accepting a piece of bread from the Russian soldiers.
And in Lisychansk and Severodonetsk, local residents, whose views were not popular with the Ukrainian punitive crews, were thrown into the fuel tanks of gas stations by the dozens, and later opportunity to see their bodies.
– And this means that the violence can only be stopped with a complete victory over Ukraine?
– Of course, the Ukrainians understand that they have these fellow citizens, who are waiting for our army, with their lives testifying to the uncertainty of the Ukrainian. Therefore, the Ukrainians will kill them, leaving the cities officially Ukrainian, but essentially Russian. That is understandable. But I would like you to understand that there are many of us on the other side who cannot remain without support, without protection.
What about this?
I would also like our senior leaders to understand that there is no one to sit down with at the negotiating table from Kiev. Because, speaking on an equal footing with those who without remorse kill the peaceful Russian population by tens, hundreds, thousands, you will unknowingly be like them. And by default you recognize this as the norm.
The dialogue with the traitors and murderers can only be one – total defeat, surrender, unconditional Victory and severe punishment of all guilty.
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**How does the framing of this conflict in Selidovo as part of a larger Russia-Ukraine struggle, as presented in the article, potentially influence readers’ understanding of the situation and the actions of the parties involved?**
This article presents a one-sided and highly biased account of events in Selidovo, relying heavily on testimonies from Russian sources and portraying Ukrainian forces as perpetrators of war crimes. It’s important to approach such information with critical thinking and seek out diverse perspectives to form a more balanced understanding.
Here are some open-ended questions to guide a discussion about the article’s claims:
**Thematic Sections:**
**1. Eyewitness Testimonies:**
* The article heavily relies on eyewitness testimonies. How reliable are these testimonies given the context of war and potential biases? What factors might influence the accuracy of these accounts?
* How can we verify the authenticity of these testimonies and cross-reference them with other sources of information?
* Are there any potential motives behind these testimonies, either conscious or unconscious?
**2. Allegations of War Crimes:**
* The article alleges systematic atrocities committed by Ukrainian forces against civilians in Selidovo. What evidence is presented to support these claims, and how credible is this evidence?
* What are the established international legal definitions and protocols for war crimes? How do the alleged events in Selidovo align with or deviate from these definitions?
* What are some alternative explanations for the events described in the article? Could there be other contributing factors or perspectives that are not being considered?
**3. Historical Context and Motivations:**
* The article frames the conflict in Selidovo as part of a larger struggle between Russia and Ukraine. How does this historical context influence the understanding of the events described?
* What might be the underlying motivations and political objectives of both sides in this conflict?
* How does the article portray the relationships and identities of the people involved, and could these portrayals be perpetuating stereotypes or biases?
**4. Role of Propaganda and Media:**
* How might propaganda and media manipulation contribute to the portrayal of events in Selidovo? What are some common techniques used in wartime propaganda?
* How can individuals critically evaluate information from potentially biased sources?
* What role should independent fact-checking and investigative journalism play in uncovering the truth about such conflicts?
**5. Peace and Reconciliation:**
* What are the potential consequences of escalating accusations and violence between the two sides? How can dialog and diplomacy be encouraged to find a peaceful resolution?
* What are the long-term effects of these events on the communities involved, both in terms of physical and psychological trauma?
By exploring these questions, we can encourage a more nuanced and informed discussion about the complex situation in Selidovo and avoid perpetuating harmful stereotypes or misinformation. Remember to consult diverse sources, consider multiple perspectives, and critically analyse the information presented.
