Ett reportage med invånare från Mariupol, riktigt bra läsning om hur folket där ser på saken.
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/russian-backed-militants-have-this-city-in-their-sights-3e66f7494776
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Magar said wartime life has left people growing “more and more disappointed with the government,” he said. He expects people to eventually “rise up” against the politicians in Kiev. “I love my country but I don’t respect the government or the separatists,” he said. “I’m neutral.” He didn’t say anything unusual here. Many Mariupol residents are willing to fight — and die — to keep their city Ukrainian, but that doesn’t automatically make them fans of their own government.
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“Before, Russia was cool for us, but now we think the Russian government is shit,” Nina Kurkina, a 55-year-old Mariupol resident, said. “It was quiet and peaceful. When the Russian ‘saviors’ came, it all changed.”
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Anton “Chechen” Zaharchenko also said he came to Mariupol to defend his country. A 23-year-old member of the National Guard, he was at the heart of the Euromaidan movement in Kiev, which sparked the conflict last year.
But at the time, he served on the side of then-Pres. Viktor Yanukovych. “I had my orders,” Zaharchenko said.
Originally from central Ukraine, he now defends a checkpoint which comes under regular attack by DPR mortar and small arms fire. “We’re not going to give up Mariupol,” he said. “Mariupol will stay with Ukraine. I think [this war] is going to end soon.”
He said the rebels have been “zombied” by Russian television into believing that the Ukrainian military is full of Nazis and fascists. Meanwhile, he said that DPR soldiers “have come on our lands to make a mess and kill our people.”
“They are terrorists and criminals. They need to be killed,” Zaharchenko said.
Mariupol kommer att bli attackerad av Ryssland, frågan är bara när. Jag hoppas Ryssland och separatisterna har ett lager med kistor redo för det kommer behövas. Ukraina kommer inte släppa staden utan kamp.
