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Russians do not allow people to leave the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporozhye region. They block checkpoints in Vasilyevka.
Because of this situation, people from the temporarily occupied Melitopol and Energodar also cannot leave. This was stated by the speaker of the Zaporozhye Regional Military Administration Ivan Arefiev on the air of the national marathon, channel 24 reports.
For unknown reasons, there is an accumulation of motor vehicles in Vasilievka, there is an accumulation of more than 400 cars. From Zaporozhye, they are also expecting entry, including cars and humanitarian aid for residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporozhye,” he says.
According to Arefiev, people write on social networks that it is possible to pass the checkpoint if you only pay a bribe to the Russian invaders.
“Locals say that the amount of a bribe is from 20,000 to 40,000 hryvnias. These are the so-called living corridors, because Russian infidels continue to shell the civilian infrastructure of our settlements. There are many reasons – again, for people to collect money and pay them,” the speaker says . .
Arefiev also said that for the Russians people are human shields. This is not the first time that they have recorded that they have convoys that fire at the cars of civilians.
The situation in Zaporozhye
- Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the President's Office, said that three enemy tactical battalion groups arrived in the temporarily occupied Vasilyevka. They may try to move north to capture the regional center itself – the city of Zaporozhye. Locals even say that the situation looks like there are more Russian soldiers in the city than civilians left there.
- At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are reliably holding the defense. In this direction and in all others, they manage to destroy the enemy and a lot of his equipment. A day later, on May 23, our defenders withdrew 25 Russian invaders from the battle, shot down a plane and drones. This makes it difficult for the Russians to gain a foothold.
- However, the Defense Forces of the Zaporozhye Territory reported that the situation in the region remains difficult. Russian infidels are preparing for the offensive, but there are no too active hostilities. But Russian troops are shelling our positions along the line of confrontation. They try to take the best positions and regroup.
