Russian Troops and Ukrainian Town Negotiate to Leave Each Other Alone
No Ukrainian military, no civilian assault rifles — no Russians
Feared to be "abducted", mayor of Slavutich reappeared and explained that he was not in captivity but was negotiating the surrender of the city😉
"We have no choice" he said. Well, Zelensky would disagree – you could sacrifice your city & its residents in the name of the regime pic.twitter.com/RMxkwCaEgd— R&U Videos (@r_u_vid) March 27, 2022
Source: The Guardian
A mayor in a Ukrainian town occupied by Russian forces has been released from captivity [actually he was just absent for negotiations] and the soldiers have agreed to leave after a mass protest by residents.
Slavutych, a northern town close to the Chernobyl nuclear site, was taken by Russian forces but stun grenades and overhead fire failed to disperse unarmed protesters on its main square on Saturday.
Resistance against Russian occupation in ukrainian #Slavutich with thousands of civilians protesting. #Ukraine #Russia pic.twitter.com/yvPMYBbn8b
— Integration Nightmares (@bad_immigrant) March 26, 2022
The crowd demanded the release of mayor Yuri Fomichev, who had been taken prisoner by the Russian troops.
Attempts by Russian troops to intimidate the growing protest failed and on Saturday afternoon Fomichev was let go by his captors.
An agreement was made that the Russians would leave the town if those with arms handed them over to the mayor with a dispensation for those with hunting rifles.
Fomichev told those protesting that the Russians had agreed to withdraw “if there are no [Ukrainian] military in the city”.
The deal struck, the mayor said, was that the Russians would make a search for Ukrainian soldiers and arms and then depart. One Russian checkpoint outside the city would remain.
Ukrainian city of Slavutich (population of 25,000) allegedly decided not to resist and let the Russian army in. While 2-3 hunders atriotic Ukrainians protested, stretching Ukrainian flag and chunting Glory to Ukraine.https://t.co/0gTkDRKOQD
They were left to protest. pic.twitter.com/OumbUbEoBE— Elena Evdokimova (@elenaevdokimov7) March 27, 2022
The incident highlights the struggle that Russian forces have faced even where they have had military victories.
Russian troops reportedly advancing on Slavutych near Chernigov pic.twitter.com/cKPQZ3922s
— Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) March 24, 2022
Video from Slavutich. The Russian military opens fire to disperse the rally, but locals do not disperse and continue to demonstrate against the occupation.#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/mXC79njOlN
— UkraineEnglishUpdates (@EnglishUkraine) March 26, 2022
Slavutich, Ukraine.
People say "go home", "who did you come to kill?", "SLAVUTICH – IS UKRAINE", "Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava"🇺🇦#PutinHitler #StopRussia #StopPutin pic.twitter.com/vckl457FZE
— Yana Anatska (@YAnatska) March 26, 2022
Jesus, the Guardian.
In this specific and unique case, the reporting by the guardian is not thaaaattttt bad!! Yes they paint it the way their masters say but not that much and they cant report Russ MoD word by word.
Yeah, fair. I visit their site to see the other side, and I get that all sides need to be reported to not fall into some propaganda.. but damn, Guardian – almost all of their reporting has been upside down for a looong time, so I don’t even know how much salt I should swallow before reading a single word they write!
Salt doesn’t work,,, you must eat shit to acclimate. Once you eat enough then the taste and smell won’t bother you.
Yeah,,, The propaganda is so thick it can be spread like butter. The Guardian (lol), remember them telling everyone to ‘obey’ the lockdowns, mask ‘rules’ and take the killer shots. now plural. What a useless rag…
All we are saying, is give tweets a chance.
15 Tweets to Slow The Reds!
The reporting is ridiculous. This is exactly what Russia wants.
I got the impression that the sounds of gunfire were from a loudspeaker. Just an impression, but with all that firing one expect to see a bullet hit somewhere.