#skadovsk

[wintersmitth]

Mid 2020. My family and mother's sister drove to her house in a small village just off Skadovsk. The steppes. The sea. The concrete plates road along the coast westward, riding past giant windmills. The careful system of water channels. Martian scenery when you're getting closer to Lemurian, pink lake. The water so salty it pushes you out. Askania Nova. Soft lips of zebras munching on cookies from your palm. Curios ears of Prezhevalski horsies. Blue sky and endless steppe.

All of this is under occupation currently. And it will never go back to the way it used to be. I want to cry at the thought of that.

[psychicsharkbagelsports]

My little Skadovsk

[ultrajaphunter]

NO PLACE TO HIDE: UKR Intelligence Confirms that on 4 NOV Long Range Precision Weapons Struck a Partisan Identified Hotel in Occupied Skadovsk. The Building was Being used as a HQ/Residence for Senior RuZZian VDV Officers. https://news.yahoo.com/explosions-rock-russian-occupied-skadovsk-232250077.html

[argumate]

Ukrainian military officials reported that Russian forces continued to deploy mobilized men and establish defensive positions on the western bank of the Dnipro River on October 28. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that 1,000 mobilized men arrived at the Dnipro River’s western bank, with some deploying to Chervony Mayak, Novoraysk, and Zmyivka about 20km northwest of Beryslav. The spokesperson for Ukraine’s Southern Operational Command, Nataliya Humenyuk, stated that Russian forces are continuing to prepare for street fights in Kherson City and are establishing defenses on both western and eastern riverbanks. The advisor to the head of Kherson Oblast, Serhiy Khlan, added that Russian forces are also heavily mining the outskirts of Kherson City and are clearing hospitals of civilians in the city to prepare to treat military personnel. The deputy head of the Kherson Occupation Administration, Yekaterina Gubareva, announced in October 28 that Russian forces prepared Kherson City for street fighting by strengthening the first floors of buildings, emplacing sandbags, and checking for Ukrainian “saboteurs.” Ukrainian partisans reportedly conducted an arson attack against a Russian patrol police station in Kherson City on October 28. Ukrainian officials also reported that Russian forces are stealing medical equipment from northwestern Kherson Oblast and transporting it to Skadovsk and Henichesk, likely in an effort to prepare defensive positions closer to Crimea. A Russian milblogger operating in Kherson City noted that Rosgvardia units are providing security on the eastern riverbank. Another milblogger noted that Russian forces are turning Kherson Oblast into a ”giant fortress” aimed at defending Crimea and cutting off Ukrainian access to the Black Sea.

sounds unpleasant

[ukrainenews]

Daily Wrap Up November 1, 2022

Under the cut:

Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations have agreed to not plan for any ship movements in the Black Sea grain corridor on Wednesday, according to a statement from the UN Secretariat at the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in Istanbul on Tuesday.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy met today with Kadri Simson, European Union commissioner for energy affairs, and told her that Russian forces have “seriously damaged” about 40% of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, in particular thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants. Because of the ongoing attacks, Ukraine has been forced to stop exporting electricity to Europe

The Russian-occupying government in the Kherson oblast has moved its administration further south to Skadovsk, said the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces.

Russian occupation authorities in southern Ukraine said Tuesday, Nov.1 that tens of thousands more people would be evacuated from the Kherson region amid Kyiv’s counter-offensive. The Russian-installed leader of Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said some 70,000 people along a 15-kilometre (10-mile) stretch of the left bank of the Dnipro river would be moved deeper into the region or to Russia.

Ukraine’s military has accused Russian-installed officials in the southern region Kherson of spreading misinformation to coerce civilians to leave the region in a forced evacuation, a war crime. In a statement on Tuesday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said, “The occupiers continue the forced displacement of civilians in the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson region. The enemy resorts to intimidation of civilians, spreading misinformation about a possible explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam,” the statement said.

“Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations have agreed to not plan for any ship movements in the Black Sea grain corridor on Wednesday, according to a statement from the UN Secretariat at the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in Istanbul on Tuesday.

UN and Turkish teams on Tuesday carried out 36 inspections aboard outbound vessels, according to the statement. They attempted to inspect another two ships, but the process was cut short because of “issues related to fumigated cargo,” the statement said. The inspection reports would be shared with Ukrainian and Russian delegation, it added.

“The UN Secretariat reiterates that movements and inspections carried out after the Russian Federation suspended its participation in implementation activities at the Joint Coordination Centre is a temporary and extraordinary measure,” according to the statement.

The JCC said earlier today that three ships had left Ukrainian ports Tuesday, despite Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in the arrangement on Saturday.”-via CNN

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“President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with the European Union Commissioner for Energy Affairs Kadri Simson.

The head of state thanked the European Commissioner for his visit to Ukraine at a time when the energy infrastructure is under massive attack by missiles and drones from Russia.

Volodymyr Zelenskyi also noted the role of Kadri Simson in joining Ukraine to the European energy grid ENTSO-E. He reminded that after accession, our state began to export electricity to Europe and can act as one of the guarantors of the stability of the EU energy system.

"Unfortunately, due to the strikes of missiles and kamikaze drones by the Russian Federation on our energy system, we have suspended this process. But I am sure that we will restore everything, and in a calmer time, when the situation in our energy system will be stabilized, we will continue exporting electricity to Europe," the President of Ukraine emphasized.

Volodymyr Zelenskyi informed the European Commissioner about the consequences of energy terrorism on the part of Russia, which has already seriously damaged about 40% of the entire energy infrastructure of Ukraine, in particular thermal power plants, thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants, as well as about the measures taken by our state to stabilize the operation of the power grid.

The interlocutors discussed further steps to ensure Ukraine's energy security. The head of state spoke in detail about Ukraine's needs for the restoration of energy infrastructure and called on the European Commission to play a coordinating role in attracting assistance from EU member states.

Volodymyr Zelensky drew attention to the expediency of creating a platform to support the Ukrainian economy, in particular the energy sector, like the Contact Group in the "Ramstein" format.

"This platform, such an "economic Ramstein", is being built and will start working. Today, the issue of energy goes hand in hand with the financial crisis and the shortage of weapons, so such a platform should be created," the Head of State is convinced.

The parties paid special attention to the further strengthening of energy sanctions against the Russian Federation. The President of Ukraine called for the introduction of price restrictions on Russian gas in addition to the price restrictions on oil, as well as to limit the supply of Russian liquefied gas to EU countries within the framework of the next sanctions package, which must be approved as soon as possible.”-via Official Website of the President of Ukraine (translated from Ukrainian)

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“The Russian-occupying government in the Kherson oblast has moved its administration further south to Skadovsk, said the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces.

This comes as Russian authorities relocate 70,000 civilians from the left bank of the Dnipro river – one week after relocating them there from the right bank. The general staff described these tactics as “intimidation of civilian residents”.”-via The Guardian

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“Russian occupation authorities in southern Ukraine said Tuesday, Nov.1 that tens of thousands more people would be evacuated from the Kherson region amid Kyiv’s counter-offensive.

The Russian-installed leader of Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said some 70,000 people along a 15-kilometre (10-mile) stretch of the left bank of the Dnipro river would be moved deeper into the region or to Russia.

“We have already begun this work,” he said in an interview with the Solovyov Live YouTube channel.

He said the resettlement was being carried out because of the risk of a “massive missile attack” by Ukrainian forces on a local dam.

Russia’s occupation authorities last week said that 70,000 civilians left their homes located on the right bank of the Dnipro River.

On Monday Saldo had said the latest evacuations would allow the Russian army to set up defences and repel a possible Ukrainian attack.

Kyiv’s forces are preparing for a fierce battle to retake the region’s main city Kherson and the surrounding areas on the right bank of the Dnipro River after making major gains in Ukraine’s east and south.

The city, with a pre-war population of around 288,000 people, was one of the first to fall to Moscow’s forces after President Vladimir Putin sent troops across the border in February. Retaking it would mark a major milestone for Kyiv.”-via Kyiv Post

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“Ukraine’s military has accused Russian-installed officials in the southern region Kherson of spreading misinformation to coerce civilians to leave the region in a forced evacuation, a war crime.

In a statement on Tuesday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said, “The occupiers continue the forced displacement of civilians in the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson region.”

“The enemy resorts to intimidation of civilians, spreading misinformation about a possible explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam,” the statement said.

The Ukraine armed forces explained that the local population in Kherson has been “deprived of means of communication,” and are unable to get an accurate picture of what is really happening in the war.

Earlier in the week, Russian-installed officials announced a new evacuation from Kherson region of Ukraine, saying they are taking civilians to safety because of the risk Ukraine might use unconventional weapons.

“Due to the possibility of the use of prohibited methods of war by the Ukrainian regime, as well as information that Kyiv is preparing a massive missile strike on the Kakhovka hydroelectric station, there is an immediate danger of the Kherson region being flooded,” Vladimir Saldo, Russian-installed head of occupied Kherson province, said in a video message Monday.”-via CNN

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“Mykolaiv oblast was hit hard last night after four Russian missiles struck the city, killing an elderly woman who had been sheltering from the bombings in her bathroom, said Vitaly Kim, the governor of Mykolaiv oblast.

The missiles partially destroyed the buildings of educational institutions and completely destroyed a two-storey building, the governor said. Private houses were damaged, and a fire broke out in a five-storey residential building.

The blast wave and debris knocked out the OSB plates at a nearby medical facility, which construction crews had put in front of the windows after a previous shelling, Kim said.”-via The Guardian

[bleakbluejay]

Eli Rambles About One of their Favorite Games

When I was about 14 or 15 years old, I was getting introduced into the world of PC gaming. Up until that point, I'd mostly played on the PS2 and the Gameboy Advanced SP. The PC games I'd known were browser games like Runescape, or games like Civ City Rome, Zoo Tycoon, and the Sims. I was happy with this, but then a friend of mine suggested that I play S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat.

He taught me how to "obtain" it through means not entirely up-to-code and sat with me on Skype to teach me how to play. I was sucked in. I'd never played a game with such intense atmosphere before. It was so spooky and immersive and desolate, while simultaneously being so welcoming and comforting when I'd find a camp of fellow Stalkers or I'd wander into Skadovsk, the 1st area's "town". I liked listening to the Stalker that played guitar, and to the dialogue which was partially still in the untranslated Ukrainian, and partially in very horribly translated Ukrainian. Me and my friend would greet each other back and forth mimicking the dialogue in the game-- "Hay, broh!" "A-loooooo-ha!"

I spent many hours in this game, hundreds possibly. I liked to explore and to take side quests and hang out with NPCs and roleplay. When I was that young, before I knew how video games worked, there was a lot of mystery surrounding every facet of games. It made me feel very small in the best way. I never knew what to expect out of video games, and especially had no idea what to expect out of Call of Pripyat. I never knew what kind of monsters would be prowling the swamps, or hiding in the shadows of abandoned buildings. I never knew the limits of anomalies. I never knew what kinds of things could happen with the NPCs, or what would happen next in the story, and I was so enchanted by every minute of it.

Eventually, I beat Call of Pripyat, back in the old days when I'd actually play games until they were complete rather than until my ADHD looked for the next big thing to focus on. It was a hard-fought battle. Those who've played know how hard the last stretch of the game is. But I did it. Me and my terrible and baby-faced gaming skills. And I moved onto new pastures -- Elder Scrolls Oblivion, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines, Team Fortress 2... and later, onto an even wider assortment of games, branching out bit by bit -- CK2, Mount and Blade: Warband, Dark Souls, Minecraft, Stardew Valley, The Last of Us, Disco Elysium. Each game I loved, recommended to me by friends just as Pripyat had. Each one heavily driven by atmosphere, just as Pripyat was. Each one clunky at times. Many of them niche. Many of them difficult. Sometimes, it feels like each new game that I play and love is retracing the bootprints in the mud that were left that first time I played Call of Pripyat. I wouldn't call it my favorite game. I wouldn't call it one of my top 10 games, probably. But it had a huge lasting impact on me and the way that I view and consume video games.

I'm 24 now, and I've finally gotten around to replaying Call of Pripyat. I just beat it today. It's been almost a full decade since I rushed to the helicopters in Pripyat, dodging the Monolith's sniper bullets and doing everything I can to protect Strelok and my military brothers. It's really amazing so much time has passed, and that I still love this game as much now as I did when I was just 14. I missed the Zone, and I missed this game, and I'm happy I got to replay it. Legitimately this time. The devs deserve every dime.

It's amazing what slightly obscure media can do to an impressionable mind, I think.

[januar-dwi-007]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Miku

Miku on board the Skadovsk with a sunrise suit.

Btw, it's my first post on Tumblr.

You can find me here:

Twitter/Instagram: @januar_dwi_007

[mariacallous]

The Kyiv Independent Ukraine Daily: Monday, December 5

World Bank: Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction to cost up to 600 billion euros. World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde told Austrian newspaper Die Press that the cost of rebuilding Ukraine’s infrastructure damaged or completely destroyed by Russia since Feb. 24 will cost from 500 to 600 billion euros ($527 billion to $632 billion).

KSE: Russia has stolen, destroyed $1.9 billion worth of agricultural products in Ukraine. The estimated 2.8 million metric tons of grain and 1.2 million tons of oil seeds were destroyed or stolen because of Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to the Center for Food and Land Use Research of the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE).

Ukraine’s military: Russia uses prohibited chemical weapons against Ukrainian soldiers. Ukrainian Naval Forces reported on Dec. 4 that Russian troops had used Soviet-made K-51 tear gas grenades against Ukrainian soldiers fighting in the east of the country.

General Staff: Ukraine repels Russian attacks near 13 settlements in Luhansk, Donetsk oblasts. Over the past day, Russian forces launched seven missiles, 32 airstrikes, and over 50 MLRS attacks against Ukraine, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Dec. 5. Ukrainian forces carried out 18 strikes on the areas of concentration of troops, weapons and military equipment and one strike on the positions of Russia’s anti-aircraft missile system over the same period, the General Staff said. The Ukrainian military also shot down one Ka-52 helicopter and four UAVs.

General Staff: Russia postpones civilian surgeries in occupied Donetsk due to rising number of wounded troops. Due to heavy Russian losses, hospitals in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts are over capacity, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Dec. 4. As a result, scheduled civilian operations are being postponed indefinitely. Around 300 wounded Russian troops have been transferred to occupied Novopskov in Luhansk Oblast, according to the General Staff.

General Staff: Russia forces elderly people to receive Russian passports in occupied Kherson Oblast. Russian forces in occupied Skadovsk are forcing pensioners to get Russian passports in order to receive their payments, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Dec. 4.

UK Defense Ministry: Keeping tacit approval of war among population likely to be ‘increasingly difficult for Kremlin.’ In its update on Dec. 4, the U.K. Defense Ministry cited the recent polling that shows that Russian public support for the war against Ukraine is "falling significantly."

Official: Kyiv to go back to having only planned power cuts 'soon.' Scheduled outages will be an improvement for the city that has been living with unpredictable emergency power cuts since Russia's latest mass attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Nov. 23.

Electricity, water supply largely restored in recently liberated Kherson. Kherson Oblast Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych reported on Dec.4 that electricity has already been restored to 85% of households -- almost 113,000 consumers. He expects the water supply to soon be restored for 70% of citizens once the pumping station resumes operation.

The human cost of Russia’s war

Interior Ministry: Russia has killed over 9,400 civilians since start of full-scale war. First Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Yenin said on Dec. 4 that 451 children are among those killed in Russia’s full-scale war. An additional 6,800 civilians have been wounded.

Russian forces attack 8 Ukrainian regions over the past day, killing 2. One civilian was killed in the eastern Donetsk Oblast and one in the southern Kherson Oblast.

Official: Russian shelling kills civilian in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Russian shelling of Pokrovsk community near the city of Nikopol killed one civilian on Dec. 4, according to Mykola Lukashuk, the head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council.

Governor: Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih kills 1, injures 3. As a result of a missile attack on the city’s industrial enterprise overnight on Dec. 5, one employee was killed, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Valentyn Reznichenko reported on Telegram. Three more people were injured, he added. All of them are being treated at a local hospital. Russian forces also struck Dnipropetrovsk Oblast’s Nikopol District with heavy artillery and shelled the Marhanets community, Reznichenko said. There were no casualties, according to the governor.

Media: Five Georgian soldiers fighting for Ukraine killed in Donetsk Oblast. Citing a Georgian soldier, Georgian media outlet Mtavari reported that five soldiers were killed during a 10-hour-long battle near the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast.

Ukraine's military estimates 50-100 Russian troops are killed in Bakhmut sector daily. Additionally, just as many Russian troops get wounded daily, according to Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman of the Operational Command "East" of Ukraine's Armed Forces.

General Staff: Russia has lost 91,150 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24. The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Dec. 4 that Russia had also lost 2,922 tanks, 5,892 armored fighting vehicles, 4,479 vehicles and fuel tanks, 1,908 artillery systems, 395 multiple launch rocket systems, 210 air defense systems, 281 airplanes, 263 helicopters, 1,573 drones, and 16 boats.

International response

Lithuania sends artillery rounds to Ukraine. Lithuania’s Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas announced a new delivery of 155 mm artillery shells from Lithuania on Dec. 4.

Germany expects new wave of Ukrainian refugees as winter looms. Miguel Berger, Germany’s Ambassador to the U.K., said the country expects a new wave of Ukrainian refugees in the coming weeks, as Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure may force more people to flee the country.

In other news

Infrastructure Ministry: 9 cargo ships with grain bound for African nations leave Ukraine. Ships carrying 336,000 tons of grain left Odesa on Dec. 3 and 4, CNN reported, citing Ukraine’s Interior Ministry. Vessels carrying grain left Ukraine as part of the “Grain from Ukraine” program.

[shattered-pieces]

National Resistance Center: Resistance disrupts 'voting' in occupied Skadovsk, injures 5 Russian troops

[cyberbenb]

National Resistance Center: Resistance disrupts 'voting' in occupied Skadovsk, injures 5 Russian troops

The Ukrainian resistance orchestrated an explosion near a polling station in occupied Skadovsk, Kherson Oblast, on March 15 as Russia illegally opened polls for a presidential election in occupied ter Source : kyivindependent.com/national-…

[itsnews]

Several people have been detained for vandalism at polling stations on the first day of voting in presidential elections, Russian officials say.

Incidents involved green dye being poured into ballot boxes, the boxes being set alight and fireworks being set off inside polling stations, state media reported.

Vladimir Putin is certain to win six more years in office after the vote.

However, officials have called on law enforcement officers to be vigilant.

Most of the incidents were reported at polling stations in Moscow, Voronezh in south Russia, and the region of Karachay-Cherkessia in the north Caucasus, according to state news agency Tass.

Electoral authorities in St Petersburg said a woman had thrown a petrol bomb near a polling station but the fire was put out.

Footage posted on social media shows one woman pouring bright green liquid into a ballot box in Moscow, while another video shows law enforcement officials putting out a fire at a voting booth before apprehending a woman at another polling station in the Russian capital.

Voting is taking place in Russia over three days until Sunday. The result is not in doubt as Mr Putin has no credible opponent, however state-run media said that turnout had reached 23% by late afternoon in Moscow.

Russia has also enforced the vote in occupied areas of Ukraine and Russian-appointed officials in the small town of Skadovsk said an improvised device exploded in a rubbish bin in front of a polling station without causing injuries.

At least thirteen people have been arrested although officials have not said if the acts of vandalism were protests against Mr Putin.

State-media reports said voting would continue as normal despite the

[heretherebepewpew]

A stick in the mud

The rush of blood should've been enough to drown it out; the tunnel's eerie atmosphere. The one predictable thing in a world turned upside down innumerable times. Blessed metronome throbbing away, each and every aching contraction of a strained heart a reminder that they were still alive, still kicking. Down, but not out. Slumped against the crumbling, frost-kissed concrete of the deep tunnels 'neath Silo they sat in absolute stillness while panic receded. Breaths came in stiff little bursts. Hiss-click-hush, labored, the resistance put up by almost spent filter worsening every cycle. "Fuck them," they would've growled, had they had the breath to spare. Useless though, the lights in the distance weren't much of an audience, and God had yet to express any sympathies for them.

Heartless bastard, just like the fucker back at Skadovsk. 'Traveling salesman', yeah, right. They should've listened to their gut: It sounded too good to be true, and proved to be just that. Maybe he was still there though, punishing sins and ignoring prayers. A comforting thought, at least that'd give some semblance of an explanation. Humanity's reward for taunting a malicious God; hell on earth, a wholly human creation. How poetic then, that a particularly intrepid Stalker found themselves a victim of their own greed, trapped in their very own personal hell.

With a noise akin to a crack of thunder, the lights in the distance moved again. Another few meters they drew closer, sending the previously so dependable metronome surging as doom drew closer still. They jerked where they sat, groaning as graveled joints were forced to bear load once more. Even just the most needful of things had been too much for them to bear, but burdened by the spoils of their adventure they gave out the moment after. Again, they slumped down, cursed nothing in particular, and drew another labored breath.

Not what they'd imagined, setting out: Lost in the deep tunnels, clutching something as mundane as the five plastic cases stuffed into their pack. So many layers of shit they found themselves under, all greed, all the way down. Popov, the Client, the Merchant, and of course, the Stalker. A problem they all thought they could pawn off on some unfortunate sucker, growing it as it passed from hand to hand. A grenade sans pin, one the Stalker unfortunately found fused not to their liking. All the risk, little of the reward. None, even, if things kept going like they had been.

[kragnir]

“Meanwhile, the Russian Federation complained about “the enemy’s attack on Skadovsk” and threatened to “retaliate” for the “boys.”

Many more “boys” will be sent to their master in hell before this is all over.

[bobmorane]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Skadovsk Pixel Animation

[andriy-synuk]

Автор патріотичних картин. Мої роботи – це реакція на мужню боротьбу наших героїв на фронті проти ворожих військ. Вірю в нашу країну, в нашу перемогу, вірю в ЗСУ!

ЗМІ про мене:

Шостка Попасна Сарни Ізмаїл Скадовськ Нова Каховка Приморка

Новоград

Нижні Сірогози

Каховка

Мелітополь

ЮжкаНьюс

Новоград Волинський

Чортків

Южне

Новоград Сіті

Калуш

Добропілля

Рахів

Skadovsk

Золотоноша

Izmail

Chortkiv

Kavun

[felixvictorinodonfelix]

Una mujer ucraniana es ejecutada en plena calle tras enfrentarse a las tropas prorrusas en Jersón

Una mujer ucraniana es ejecutada en plena calle tras enfrentarse a las tropas prorrusas en Jersón

La ciudad de Jersón y su provincia está siendo ahora mismo el centro neurálgico de las batallas en Ucrania. Cada día proceden de este lugar nuevas historias sobre el horror de la guerra. Una de las últimas historias es terrible. Tal y como recoge el diario The Sun, una enfermera ucraniana fue presuntamente secuestrada y ahorcada en la calle de Skadovsk, en la región de Jersón, por policías…