Penduduk Slavyansk semasa serangan meriam berat bandar mereka pada 8 Jun 2014 (Residents of Slavyansk during a heavy artillery shelling of their city on June 8, 2014 (RIA Novosti/Andrey Stenin)
SrikandiTV - Kematian dan kemusnahan dilaporkan di timur Ukraine sebagai meriam Kiev telah kembali serangan bandar derhaka Slavyansk. Penduduk tempatan memberi-tahu RT mereka telah tanpa air dan tenaga berjalan selama beberapa hari, dan harapan yang semakin pudar.
"Petala memecahkan hanya berhampiran dataran pusat. Mereka memukul rumah kediaman, sebuah kilang perabot, sebuah kafe dan pos komunikasi, "wakil tidak dina-makan majlis bandar tempatan memberitahu Itar-Tass. "Ada mangsa di kalangan orang awam dan beberapa orang menerima luka serpihan."
"Pada masa ini terdapat banyak orang di pusat kerana Pentakosta Massa dalam gereja berdekatan baru sahaja berakhir," tambah sumber itu.
Empat orang terbunuh dalam hasil daripada serangan itu, seorang gadis kecil di kalan-gan mereka. Tujuh orang telah dibawa ke hospital dengan kecederaan, wartawan RT itu Andrey Krasnoschyokov laporan dari tempat kejadian.
Slavyansk under fire, without water and power as Kiev troops resume shelling . . .
Death and destruction is reported in eastern Ukraine as Kiev’s artillery has resumed shelling the rebellious city of Slavyansk. Locals tell RT they have been without running water and power for days, and that hope is fading.
“The shells broke just near the central square. They hit residential houses, a furniture factory, a cafe and communications post,” an unnamed representative of the local city council told Itar-Tass. “There are victims among the civilians and some people received shrapnel wounds.”
“At this time there were many people in the center because of the Pentecost Mass in the nearby church has just ended,” the source added.
Four people were killed in the result of the shelling, a small girl among them. Seven people were taken to hospital with injuries, RT's correspondent Andrey Krasnoschyokov reports from the scene.
Penduduk Slavyansk berteduh di ruangan bawah tanah rumah mereka semasa serangan artileri berat kota mereka pada 8 Jun 2014 (Residents of Slavyansk take shelter in the basement of their house during a heavy artillery shelling of their city on June 8, 2014 (RIA Novosti/Andrey Stenin)
Meriam Kiev juga telah melanda paip gas di bandar, tetapi tidak ada ancaman letupan, majlis bandar memberitahu RIA Novosti. Shell lagi melanda sebuah stesen minyak di luar Slavyansk, dan letupan dan api diikuti.
Baca lanjut mengenai krewRusia Zvezda TV diculik berhampiran Slavyansk ‘Read more on the Russian Zvezda TV crew abducted near Slavyansk’
Mengesahkan: wartawan Itali terbunuh dalam Timur Ukraine ‘Confirmed: Italian journalist killed in Eastern Ukraine’
Bandar ini bertahan tanpa air paip, elektrik dan komunikasi
Penduduk Slavyansk mengatakan semangat mereka mendapat yang lebih rendah, seba-gai bandar raya benar2 dikelilingi oleh angkatan tentera Kiev & terdapat menembak berterusan dan serangan manakala pemindahan dihalang.
"Slavyansk telah diserang oleh serangan besar-besaran semalaman," seorang penduduk tempatan memberitahu RT, sambil menambah bahawa serangan yang tidak pernah berhenti.
Sebagai seorang lelaki yang bercakap kepada RT pada waktu pagi, dia melihat ruangan besar asap yang datang dari pinggir bandar. Bunyi bedilan kedengaran jelas melalui telefon.
Bandar ini sedang bersedia untuk hidup tanpa air minuman dan elektrik.
"Penduduk hidup hari ke-3 tanpa air, ada juga yang ke-5 . . . Separuh [penduduk bandar] tidak mempunyai bekalan elektrik," kata lelaki itu.
Kedai kehabisan bekalan air minum juga, Twitter imej menunjukkan bahawa penduduk telah mula menyungkit air yang tinggal daripada air pancut.
Menurut saksi RT ini, mereka garis air dan elektrik yang telah rosak adalah terletak di "zon perang," di mana kebanyakan pertempuran itu berlaku, itulah sebabnya ia adalah hampir mustahil untuk membaiki mereka.
"Terdapat satu gambaran bahawa [Kiev kuasa] adalah menarik di sekitar talian voltan tinggi untuk mengganggu mereka dan meninggalkan bandar tanpa air dan elektrik," katanya.
Kiev’s artillery also has hit a gas pipe in the city, but there was no explosion threat, the city council told RIA Novosti. Another shell struck a petrol station outside Slavyansk, and a blast and fire followed.
The city survives without tap water, electricity and communications
Slavyansk residents say their spirits are getting lower, as the city is completely sur-rounded by Kiev’s armed forces and there is constant shooting and shelling while evacuation is hindered.
“Slavyansk has been attacked by massive shelling overnight,” a local resident told RT, adding that the shelling never stops.
As the man was speaking to RT in the morning, he saw massive columns of smoke coming from the city outskirts. The sounds of shelling were heard distinctly over the phone.
The city is preparing to survive without drinking water and electricity.
“Residents are living a third day without water, some people even the fifth . . . Half [of the city population] doesn’t have electricity,” the man said.
As shops ran out of drinking water supplies too, Twitter images showed that residents had started scooping the remaining water out of fountains.
According to RT’s witness, those water and electricity lines that have been broken are located in the “war zones,” where most of the fighting takes place, that’s why it is almost impossible to repair them.
“There is an impression that [Kiev forces] are striking in the vicinity of high-voltage lines to disrupt them and leave the city without water and electricity,” he added.
'Slavyansk adalah sejumlahnya mimpi ngeri'
Penduduk Slavyansk meninggalkan bandar yang di kepung dengan peluru cangkerang yang bersiul atas kepala mereka, pemandu tempatan Vladimir, yang menarik angin keluar sekurang-kurangnya 10 penduduk sehari, memberitahu RT.
"Ini adalah mimpi ngeri jumlah apa yang berlaku di Slavyansk. Mereka [tentera Kiev] sahaja membiarkan wanita dan kanak-kanak meninggalkan bandar - mereka terpaksa berjalan melalui tempat pemeriksaan, "kata Vladimir. "Lelaki tidak dibenarkan keluar atau masuk bandar."
Vladimir yang secara literal memandu walaupun tidak berkesudahan tembakan, kata penduduk Slavyansk kebanyakannya mencari perlindungan di Crimea atau di kawasan-kawasan berhampiran.
Sementara itu, Pengawal Kebangsaan Ukraine telah mula tembakan meriam di pinggir Slavyansk, menurut video yang dikeluarkan di YouTube. Rakaman ini menunjukkan sejumlah besar asap yang datang dari bukit di pinggir bandar.
Pihak berkuasa Kiev telah baru-baru ini mempergiatkan apa yang Kiev panggilan "anti-pengganas" operasi dengan serangan meriam besar-besaran di Slavyansk. Rancangan itu adalah untuk menjalankan "pembersihan" Donetsk dan Lugansk kawasan menje-lang perasmian presiden diadakan pada 7 Jun.
‘Slavyansk is a total nightmare’
Slavyansk residents are leaving the besieged city with shells whistling above their heads, local driver Vladimir, who evacuates at least 10 residents a day, told RT.
“This is a total nightmare what is happening in Slavyansk. They [Kiev troops] only let women and children leave the city – they are forced to walk through the checkpoints,” Vladimir says. “Men are not allowed to leave or enter the city.”
Vladimir, who literally drives though never-ending gunfire, says Slavyansk residents are mostly seeking refuge in Crimea or in nearby regions.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s National Guard has begun artillery fire in the outskirts of Slavyansk, according to a video released on YouTube. The footage shows a huge amount of smoke coming from the hill on the outskirts.
Kiev authorities have recently intensified what Kiev calls an “anti-terrorist” operation with a massive artillery attack on Slavyansk. The plan was to conduct a “clean-up” of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ahead of the presidential inauguration held on June 7.
Penduduk Slavyansk semasa serangan meriam berat bandar mereka pada 7 Jun 2014 (Residents of Slavyansk during a heavy artillery shelling of their city on June 7, 2014 (RIA Novosti/Andrey Stenin)
Penduduk Slavyansk semasa serangan meriam berat bandar mereka pada 7 Jun 2014 (Residents of Slavyansk during a heavy artillery shelling of their city on June 7, 2014 (RIA Novosti/Andrey Stenin)
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