原文链接：https://medium.com/@giorgioprovinciali/russians-are-hunting-witnesses-to-their-crimes-ea5bb6ca9dfb?sk=74c654a2b1dedaf4ee0d8655420e313f
Russians Are Hunting Witnesses to Their Crimes
By: Giorgio Provinciali
Live from Ukraine
Myrne – For four years, this settlement – whose name means ‘place of peace’ – has been in a gray zone. Destroyed first by artillery and then by drones, Myrne is now home to 70 residents who have chosen to return, despite constant attacks from Russian drones, to what remains of their homes. The hospital, school, and all other civilian infrastructure no longer exist. Amid kamikaze FPVs and mines dropped daily on streets, fields, and the ruins they are laboriously trying to rebuild, the civilians of Myrne are risking death to revive this ghost town.
Just yesterday, five people were hit nearby: one in Novokamianka by a drone, a couple in Bilozerka by artillery, and two police officers in the center of Kherson by live ammunition.
Also in Bilozerka, just a few minutes’ drive from Myrne, Russian drone operators scattered the grounds of the Postova Street nursery school – the only one remaining for miles – with so many leaf mines (like the ones we wrote about yesterday on these pages) that any attempt to get close was impossible.
After each of our arrivals in this area, we always had to hide because the Russians hunted us and other human prey for hours. This grim human safari, which begins with the identification of victims using balloons and spy drones, often involved the neighboring settlements of Posad-Pokrovske, Soldatske, Muzykivka, and Kyselivka. This happened with systematic ferocity until – following the advice of military and civilians – we removed the PRESS sign.
As seen in the footage we shot in each of those villages, media workers, ambulances, and more generally “observers” are the preferred targets of the remote killers hired by the Russian regime. So much so that – in an apparent paradox – it was easier to move with soldiers or alone, dressed in green, than in cars and dark civilian clothes.
Myrne has become the opposite of what its name suggests.
The remaining civilians experience the war in a gray zone that makes no distinction between front and rear. What they face is not random fire but a technologically mediated system of observation, identification, target selection, and attack that follows the logic of hunting.
Here, one is not “just” exposed to war; one is tracked within it as the Russians try to target those who rescue, testify, and reveal their crimes. The violence they carry out aims not only at physical bodies but also at the dissemination of truth. Therefore, the civilian symbols meant to protect us, in this context, become more vulnerable.
The predatory tactics enforced by the Russian occupiers have completely overturned the normal rules of war. Having lived for extended periods in these villages, we can assert that the intent to target the press, evacuees, and recognizable individuals is an attempt to turn a gray zone into a zone without witnesses.
Four years ago, artillery created a void in these territories. Spy balloons, drones, and mines have kept them uninhabitable, preventing normal life except at extreme risk. For this reason, the presence of the 70 residents who have returned to Myrne serves as a strong moral and political counterforce. It signifies opposing the tactic of terror with a simple but effective form of resistance: staying, rebuilding, and refusing to let the territory fall into emptiness.
We are doing our best to provide genuine, first-hand reports from zones where almost no press dares to go. This means living constantly in a kill zone. We take the risk, but without your invaluable support, our voices would stay unheard and silent. Without brave people sharing our articles from afar, they would remain unread. Our reports would go unseen, and our efforts would be lost. There’s still a lot of work to do here, as the people around us are also in no better situation.
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俄罗斯人在猎杀指证其罪行的人
作者：Giorgio Provinciali
翻译：旺财球球
乌克兰前线报道
米尔内——四年来，这个名为“和平之地”的聚居地一直处于灰色地带。先是遭受炮火摧毁，随后又被无人机轰炸，现今仍有选择返回的70名居民在此居住，他们在俄方无人机的持续袭击下，冒着生命危险守护着残存的家园。医院、学校及其他民用基础设施已不复存在。每天在自杀式FPV无人机和投放于街道、田野与他们艰难重建的废墟中的地雷的威胁下，米尔内的平民正以生命为代价试图让这座鬼城重获生机。
就在昨天，附近有五人遭击中：诺沃卡米安卡一人被无人机击中，比洛泽爾卡一对夫妇遭炮击，赫尔松市中心有两名警察被实弹击中。
同样在比洛泽尔卡，距米尔内仅数分钟车程的地方，俄方无人机操作者在Postova街幼儿园（周边数英里内唯一幸存的一所幼儿园）场地布撒了大量叶形地雷（如我们昨日报道中所述），以至于任何想接近的尝试都变得不可行。
（图：Alla和我在乌克兰米尔内的杀戮区报道——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
每次我们抵达该地区后，总要躲藏起来，因为俄方会追杀我们以及其他人类“猎物”数小时。这种令人毛骨悚然的人类狩猎，从用气球和侦察无人机识别受害者开始，常常波及邻近的波萨德?波克羅夫斯克、索尔达茨克、穆济基夫卡和基塞利夫卡等村庄。如此系统性的残暴行为，直到军方和当地民众建议我们拆除“媒体”标识后，才有所缓解。
如我们在那些村庄拍摄的影像所示，媒体工作者、救护人员，以及更广义上的“观察员”成了俄方政权雇佣的远程杀手偏爱的目标。反讽的是，与士兵同行或独自穿着绿色服装移动，比坐车、穿深色便服更安全。
米尔内已成为与其名称意义相反的存在。
留守的平民在灰色地带中所经历的战争不再区分前、后方。他们面对的并非随机的零散火力，而是一个通过技术手段实现的观测、识别、选定目标并实施攻击的体系，其逻辑就是“猎杀”。
（图：Alla与我在乌克兰赫尔松杀戮区附近村庄的废墟中报道——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
在这里，人们并非“仅仅”暴露于战争之中；而是在被追踪：俄方试图锁定那些救援者、证人以及揭露其罪行的人。他们施加的暴力不仅针对肉体，也意在阻断真相的传播。因此，本应保护我们的平民象征，在此情境下反而更易受到攻击。
俄占者施行的掠夺式战术彻底颠覆了战争的常规准则。我们在这些村庄长期驻留后可以断言：俄方刻意针对媒体、撤离者与易识别个体的袭击，正是要把一个灰色地带变成没有证人的地带。
（图：Alla与我在乌克兰米尔内杀戮区报道 ——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
四年前，炮火在这些土地上造成了空白。侦察气球、无人机与地雷让这些区域长期不可居住，除非冒极大风险才可能恢复正常生活。正因如此，那70名返回米尔内的居民的存在，构成了强有力的道德与政治反抗。他们以简单但有效的方式抗衡恐怖策略：留守、重建，并拒绝让这片土地陷入荒芜。
（图：Alla与我在乌克兰米尔内为本文报道——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
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持续的停电严重损坏了我们在乌克兰西部的家中的供暖系统，而我们当时就在顿巴斯。
没有电，点着的炉火无法通过水泵循环热水。结果，系统起火，整个房子面临着烧毁的风险。幸而未被烧毁，但整个系统需要更换，房子也需要修复。管道都是歪的，墙壁被烟雾熏黑，供暖系统无法正常工作，需要彻底更换。
我们正在尽最大努力，因为Alla的父母住在那里，但这里还有许多工作要做，周围的人处境也好不到哪儿去。
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