"They lived like pigs." Izium residents told about the behavior of the Russian Federation during the occupation
The man noted that she was scary, but they were lucky, because the rocket did not hit them. Their neighbor's house was destroyed, but she survived. He said that the Russian soldiers, who arrived in the city at the beginning of the war, quickly realized that the "denacification", which was stated by the Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin to justify the invasion of Ukraine, was a lie. "A Russian artilleryman came and said, Father, we saved you from the Nazis.
And I said: show me at least one," Valery recalls. He noted that he talked to young soldiers in Russian and tried to make them aware that they were destroying once close relations between Ukrainians and Russians, especially in this part of the country, which is so close to the border.
According to him, a Russian scout came to him once and asked, "Who did we come here to release?" The man believes that this is the embarrassment and a sense of disappointment among Russian terrestrial troops, probably, were the main factor in their retreat from Kharkiv region. The Armed Forces continue to be released from the Russian invaders settlements in the east and south of Ukraine.