Taking a train to Kharkiv, the dangerous edge of the free world
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Near-Daily Ukraine War Journal, 9/6: Taking a train to Kharkiv, the dangerous edge of the free world
Sep 6, 2022
Part of the Speak Freely Podcast, from Ukrainian Freedom News Joe Lindsley and Anton Hutyriak of Ukrainian Freedom News are on a cross-country journey through Ukraine to gather and share stories of Ukrainian life in war. After a few days in Dnipro, where many UN and international aid officials are based, they are taking a train to Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, just a few miles from Russia. Russia has shelled Kharkiv every day since February 24. Every day. In January, before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Joe visited Kharkiv. Here he shares the sad feeling he's got upon returning to see the destruction.
In war-time, two friends, Zakhar Pikh, Ukrainian bartender before the war, and Joe Lindsley, American writer in Ukraine since the pandemic started, share a real conversation about life under Russian threat, sometimes with guests. Includes explicit language, because the goal is to share honest thoughts and the mood of the moment.
Daily Situation summary of war in Ukraine by region for Monday, September 6, 2022.
by PAVLO VITENKO, Ukrainian Freedom News
Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region / Photo: TSN
Summary by Oblasts (regions)
LUHANSK REGION
During the night, the enemy twice resorted to assaults in the direction of Bakhmut, where the defenders of the Luhansk region are holding the defense. During the night, the occupiers launched two rocket strikes, eight artillery shells and 17 mortar shells. The Russians used MLRS three times, a tank twice, and an infantry fighting vehicle once.
SUMY REGION
At night and in the morning, the communities of Bilopillia and Shalyhyne were under fire. Shelling from mortars and artillery. Preliminary - without consequences, detailed information is being clarified. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out six shellings of the border communities of the Sumy region, during which 39 attacks from self-propelled guns and mortars were recorded, as well as two rounds from small arms. Fortunately, no losses.
DNIPROPETROVSK REGION
The Russians shelled the Nikopol district again. Two people were injured in Nikopol. In the city, one private house was destroyed, 11 private houses and 20 high-rise buildings were damaged. Two lyceums, a kindergarten, a center for technical creativity, a sports club, and several low-pressure gas pipelines were also damaged. Several power lines were disabled - 2,000 subscribers were without power. In the Marhanets community, there were no casualties or damage.
On the morning of September 6, rockets hit Kryvyi Rih. The occupiers aimed at the oil depot. A large-scale fire broke out there.
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