No Military Targets, Only The Intent To Kill
No Military Targets, Only The Intent To Kill
By: Giorgio Provinciali
Live from Ukraine
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Donetsk Oblast’ – Russian bombing of Ukraine continued throughout the night and into Christmas Day. «No military targets, only the intent to kill» reiterated Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha. The Russian Federation is deliberately destroying Ukraine’s energy and civilian infrastructure, leaving people without electricity, water, and heating. Temperatures dropped to -20°C last night, and traveling in these conditions poses serious challenges, even to reach the nearest resilience point for a hot drink, a smartphone charge, and possibly an internet connection.

Ten Ukrainian civilians were thus victims of a Russian attack on the center of Chernihiv on Christmas Day. A Russian drone struck the residential building where they were staying, while other drones targeted civilians desperately seeking shelter during the raid. Also on Christmas Day, on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River, Russian occupiers bombed Kherson’s central market, just as it was most crowded with civilians. The barbaric and cynical attack cost the life of a 47-year-old worker, torn to pieces while setting up his stall.

Here in Donetsk, more precisely in Kostiantynivka and Myrnohrad, the Russian Armed Forces are on a macabre safari among Ukrainian civilians. They shoot at anything that moves, including children and the elderly. In Kherson alone, since the beginning of the year, they have killed 293 people and injured nearly 2,500, including 200 children. On that side of the country, they claim a civilian victim almost every day, continuing to hunt prey of all ages, even in basements. About 4,000 residents remain in Kostiantynivka. They live on the front lines. Three hundred people were evacuated last week, but even there, Russian drones are killing one Ukrainian civilian a day. After miraculously escaping an attack by one of those kamikaze quadcopters ourselves, Alla Perdei and I recorded nearly identical statistics in Marhanets and nearby Nikopol.

Unable to make any headway in Pokrovsk, the Russian Armed Forces are trying to break through in both Kostiantynivka and Myrnohrad, continuously launching small infantry units. Day and night, without respite. One unit dies; the next follows.
The artillery doesn’t stop even during snowstorms, and even at temperatures below zero, the drones’ buzzing keeps us feeling like prey. The Russians are using the full range of UAVs at their disposal to reach Ukrainian rear areas, up to 150 kilometers from the front lines. A Geran’ drone exploded just minutes before Alla and I passed through Mykhailivka, while upon our arrival in the Dobropillia area, several FPVs attacked in swarms, hitting a truck loaded with humanitarian aid. In these devastated areas of Donetsk, 12,642 children remain. 383 live in the two villages closest to the front lines. In the hell of Pokrovsk, approximately 1,250 civilians remain. None of them were evacuated during the Christmas week.

As President Zelensky emphasized, «there have been correlations between the Chinese satellite images of Ukrainian territory and Russian attacks on specific targets in the energy industry». The ports of Odesa have been subjected to relentless attacks, damaging silos, warehouses, civilian businesses, and barges, including two vessels flying the Slovak and Liberian flags. The Russians are sparing no effort.

Adding to the uneasiness and sense of oppression among the civilian population and the despair – not to mention anger – among the military is the so-called ‘peace plan’ presented by Zelensky in the past few hours as the fruit of Ukrainian diplomacy. «An unreadable piece of rubbish» – according to the soldiers of the 95th Brigade with me at the front. This opinion is widely held by Ukrainian political scientists and analysts with whom I have been in contact in the past few hours. In common opinion, the 28 points presented by the American emissaries – that is, written by the Russians – shouldn’t even have been put into prose in the 20 that Zelensky intends to discuss with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. «A farce the Russians won’t accept» – according to journalist Ilia Ponomarenko. «A despicable charade that we shouldn’t even have proposed, because it offends our sacrifice and our people» – according to the young men at the front.
Rather than a success for Ukrainian diplomacy, the 20 ‘rewritten’ points are an insult to the valiant resistance of the Ukrainian people, who, all things considered, will reject them when they are called to vote.
From this perspective, the shock caused in Ukraine by the ‘20-point peace’ is even worse than that caused by the bombings.

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没有军事目标,只有杀戮的意图
作者:Giorgio Provinciali
翻译:旺财球球
乌克兰前线报道
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顿涅茨克州 – 俄罗斯对乌克兰的轰炸持续了整个夜晚,延续到圣诞节。乌克兰外交部长安德烈·西比哈重申:“没有军事目标,只有杀戮的意图。”俄罗斯联邦故意摧毁乌克兰的能源和民用基础设施,使人们无电、无水、无暖气。昨晚气温降至-20°C,在这种情况下出行面临严峻挑战,甚至很难到达最近的流动服务点,喝杯热饮,给手机充电,或者连接互联网。
(图:我在写这篇文章前沿路返回后方的途中– 版权所有,Giorgio Provinciali)
因此,在圣诞节当天,十名乌克兰平民成为了俄罗斯对切尔尼戈夫市中心袭击的受害者。一架俄罗斯无人机袭击了他们所住的住宅楼,而其他无人机则瞄准了在袭击中绝望地寻找掩体的平民。此外,在圣诞节当天,正当赫尔松的中央市场聚集的平民最多的时候,位于第聂伯河对岸的俄罗斯占领军轰炸市场。这个野蛮而冷酷的袭击导致一名47岁的工人遇难,他在搭建摊位时被撕成碎片。
(图:赫尔松市场在圣诞节被俄罗斯联邦摧毁– 感谢乌克兰国家警察提供的照片,Giorgio Provinciali)
在顿涅茨克,确切地说是在科斯蒂安京夫卡和米尔诺赫拉德,俄罗斯武装部队正在乌克兰平民中展开一场可怕的狩猎。他们对任何移动的目标开火,包括儿童和老人。仅在赫尔松,自年初以来,他们已杀死293人,导致近2500人受伤,其中包括200名儿童。在那个地区,几乎每天都有平民死于袭击,俄军持续猎杀各个年龄段的目标,甚至在地下室中的也不放过。约有4000名居民仍留在科斯蒂安京夫卡,他们生活在前线。上周有300人被疏散,但即便如此,俄罗斯无人机每天仍在杀死一名乌克兰平民。在我们奇迹般逃脱一架自杀式四旋翼无人机的攻击后,我和阿拉·佩尔代伊在马尔哈内茨和附近的尼科波尔记录了近乎相同的统计数据。
(图:Alla在顿涅茨克斯洛维扬斯克报道 – 版权所有,Giorgio Provinciali)
由于在波克罗夫斯克无法取得任何进展,俄罗斯武装部队正试图在科斯蒂安丁夫卡和米尔诺赫拉德突破,不断派遣小型步兵单位的进攻。昼夜不停,毫无喘息。一个小组阵亡,紧接着下一个接替。
炮火即使在暴风雪中也没有停止,即使在零下的温度下,无人机的嗡嗡声让我们感觉像是猎物。俄罗斯人动用所有可用的无人机,在距离前线150公里的乌克兰后方地区进行攻击。一架赫拉宁无人机在我和Alla经过米哈伊利夫卡前几分钟爆炸,而当我们到达多布罗皮里亚地区时,多架FPV无人机以蜂群形式进行攻击,击中了装载人道主义援助的卡车。在顿涅茨克这些被摧毁的地区,仍有12,642名儿童。383名儿童住在离前线最近的两个村庄。在波克罗夫斯克的地狱中,大约有1,250名平民仍然留在那里。在圣诞周期间,他们无人被撤离。
(图:我在顿涅茨克的反无人机走廊旁边 – 版权所有,Giorgio Provinciali)
正如泽连斯基总统所强调的,“乌克兰领土的中国卫星图像与俄罗斯对能源行业特定目标的攻击之间存在关联。”敖德萨的港口遭受了无情的攻击,损坏了粮仓、仓库、民用企业和驳船,包括两艘悬挂斯洛伐克和利比里亚国旗的船只。俄罗斯方面毫不留情。
(图:Ilia Ponomarenko 在 “X”上的帖子)
在平民人口中的不安和压迫感,以及军队中绝望——更不用说愤怒——的情绪中,泽连斯基在过去几个小时内提出的所谓“和平计划”无疑是一个是乌克兰外交的成果。与我在前线的第95旅士兵们一致认为,那是一份“无法读懂的废话”。这种看法在我过去几小时接触的乌克兰政治科学家和分析师中广为流传。普遍观点认为,美国特使提出的28个要点——也就是由俄罗斯人撰写的——甚至不应呈现在泽连斯基打算在海湖庄园与特朗普讨论的20条废话中。“这是一场俄罗斯不会接受的闹剧,”记者伊利亚·波诺马连科如此评论。“这是一个卑鄙的把戏,我们根本不应该提出,因为这冒犯了我们的牺牲和我们的人民,”前线的年轻战士们说道。
这20条“改写”的协议要点不仅不是乌克兰外交的成功,反而是对英勇抵抗的乌克兰人民的侮辱。从各方面考虑,乌克兰人民将在投票时拒绝这些要点。
从这个角度来看,“20点和平”在乌克兰引起的震惊,甚至比轰炸造成的还要更甚。
(图:我在俄罗斯对平民目标进行袭击后不久的乌克兰战区 – 版权所有,Giorgio Provinciali)
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