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Kharkiv, Ukraine - Apr 11, 2024

   Kharkiv=Аleppo?

By Yana Kosinova-Zhukovska

Kharkiv, Ukraine, Apr 11, 2024

aiOnce I was watching Russian
aircraft destroy Aleppo, now I
am watching Russian missiles
and bombs destroy my
Kharkiv.
aiKharkiv=Аleppo?
ai Unpunished evil always
comes back.
aiMilitary experts and
monitors tell me there is no
way they can save my city.
And the terrorist army knows
this, having taken Kharkiv
residents as hostages and left
the city and the region without
electricity. Russians continue
to bomb civilians every day.
aiI would like other countries
to realize what "destroyed
critical energy structure" really
means to us...
ai
ai
aiThe absence of power supply
means the death of vulnerable
people: the elderly, those with
disabilities. To get to the shop,
people now need to go down
the stairs of their high‑rise
buildings, the elevator cannot
run... But if they have a heart
condition or use a wheelchair?
If there is no one to take care
of such people, we must
understand that they die in
their homes.
aiChildren who cannot go to
their schools and young
people who cannot go to their
universities because of the
danger of bombing since the
beginning of the large‑scale
invasion, often cannot study
online either. They need
electricity to do this. The
terrorists deprive them of a
happy childhood and the
opportunity to get an
education.
ai***Now they are learning to
identify by sound what type of
weapon is flying overhead
bringing death to their city
and how to apply a tourniquet
if they are wounded.
aiOperating rooms are
powered by generators.
aiUnemployment, lack of
money for food...

If the free world allows the
second major city of 1.5
million to become a
second Aleppo then who
will be next?

aiFood spoiling because
refrigerators do not work for
hours.
aiInability to shower for
several days after shelling.
aiConstant lack of sleep from
the noise of missiles,
explosions, sirens, and stress.
aiAnd the list continues...
aiThe gradual death of
populations near the border
with the terrorist state.
aiKharkiv residents are
keeping themselves together
and they are asking: "Who are
we all here? Idealists?
Optimists? Or just suicide
vigilantes? " Time will tell.
aiMeanwhile...
aia Kharkiv taxi driver takes
two sausages in his pocket as
he drives at night "so that the
dogs can find him faster under
the rubble." And yes, he
continues to work.
aiIf the free world allows the
second major city of a country
directly adjacent to European
countries, with a population of
close to 1.5 million, to become
a second Aleppo then whose
city will be next? Because...
ai unpunished
evil always comes back!ai
ai
ai All photos were taken by
Kharkiv photographer
Volodymyr Ogloblin and used
with consent from his photo
album "Out of Time... Palace
of Labor. Kharkiv."ai
03.03.2022, 27.07.2022

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