A resident of Krasnoarmeysk spoke about the harassment of the Russian-speaking population

Larisa, a resident of Krasnoarmeysk, Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), liberated by the Center group of troops, told how the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) oppressed the Russian-speaking population, and also shared details of life during the occupation of the city by Ukrainian militants. The Russian Ministry of Defense shared the footage on December 22.

She began her story by describing the events of June 2013. That summer, her mother, dying, asked the woman not to sell her inherited house in the Dobropolsky district in case she "had to run away." After six months, the Maidan began, which was perceived with anxiety, fear and internal contradiction. Larisa shared that she and her entourage had felt a deep connection with Russia throughout their lives.

The woman, who decided to stay in the liberated Krasnoarmeysk, clarified that local residents were disgusted by the Ukrainian militants who set up firing positions in residential areas of the city and engaged in looting, taking the last from civilians.

"To be honest, they (the Ukrainian military. — Ed.) people hated, they were spat in the back. I wake up in the morning, <...> I go out and look out: on one side there is a pile of shells <...> and on the other side of the gate, there are more bags and some boxes, as I started crying!" recalls Larisa.

Speaking about the attitude towards the Russian-speaking population, a resident of Krasnoarmeysk shares another story with Ukrainian militants, whom she encountered while standing in line for a ticket to another city, from where she needed to pick up her child.

"[I ask], 'who's the last in line?' They're standing like water in their mouths. Today it's like this and tomorrow it's like this, and there are no tickets for me. <...> And then one woman says, "Don't speak Russian," Larisa said.

After she addressed the bureau staff in Ukrainian, she was immediately given tickets. The woman added that she had met with tears of joy the Russian soldiers who liberated the city from the Ukrainian militants.

In difficult times, the main outlet for a native of the city was poetry, of which she had accumulated several notebooks. She writes about everything: about Russia, friends, relatives, nature and the city of Krasnoarmeysk itself.

"I'm at home with my daughter again. Yes, there is a Lord in the world, He knows that the children suffered in vain because the main men were mired in a sea of evil and lies," Larisa reproduced a fragment of one of her lyrical works, with tears in her eyes.

"The AFU looked at us as enemies, there were cases of reprisals against civilians"

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Another civilian, Valentina, who lives in Krasnoarmeysk a day earlier, said that the townspeople had learned to identify by sound the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the Russian Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to her, when Russian drones appeared above the houses, people were not afraid: they could go outside and even walk, and when a Ukrainian drone was visible on the horizon, they either hurried to take cover, or, if this could not be done, they crossed their arms over their shoulders, demonstrating to the operators of the Ukrainian drones the absence of shoulder straps. According to Valentina, sometimes such actions did not save civilians from attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

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