Ukrainka, Symbol of the Ukrainian Resistance
Ukrainka, Symbol of the Ukrainian Resistance
By: Giorgio Provinciali
Live from Ukraine
Ukrainka – The shouts of two children playing on a slide break the surreal silence that surrounds us as we enter this settlement on the administrative border between Mykolaiv and Kherson oblasts. The craters made by drones and artillery in the grassy playground are not only remnants of past battles but also a reminder of a looming threat to which Ukrainka’s survivors of the Russkyj Mir crossing are still exposed. Alongside swings and slides scarred by shrapnel and bullets are trenches where the Ukrainian army barricaded itself in 2022 while defending the village.
Although Ukraine’s defenders stopped the Russians from settling there – then pushed them back to the banks of the Dnipro they still occupy – the Russians continue to bombard Ukrainka daily with dozens of FPV drones, harming everyone. Not even the children are safe. The Russians have destroyed all nearby businesses and homes except for a small farm and two apartment buildings reduced to ruins, home to a few workers and their families. Most are farmers who, despite the constant threat of drones and the many mines in those fields, try every day to clear a portion of land and bring it back to life, risking their lives in the process.
The latest bombs exploded moments after we interrupted the footage we shared yesterday on the YouTube channel of the Italian newspaper ”La Ragione“. They tore the crucifix from the bell tower of a ruined church where we had taken cover while the Ukrainian ППО tried to shoot down two drones aimed by the Russians at human targets. The fact that even the walls of that sacred place were riddled with bullets shows the desperate situation faced by the remaining civilians.
For various reasons, Ukrainka has effectively been a kill zone for four years, not only causing material destruction but also turning a civilian space into a place structurally hostile to life. Even after being liberated, more territories like this continue to be under a form of Russian control through fire, drones, mines, and fear. This shows that occupation can end geographically without ending its functional presence.
As we have seen in Novohryhorivka, Kyselivka, Myrne, Kopani, Posad-Pokrovske, Soldatske, and countless other reconquered settlements, liberation does not coincide with the effective restitution of civilian sovereignty. Nonetheless, all those places respond like wounded organisms still trying to breathe through those who cultivate, reclaim, and remain.
We spoke extensively with the owner of the only remaining small shop: he never left – not even during occupation – and has even taken part in sabotage activities, constantly communicating with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Showing us his battered jacket and some smartphone photos, he shared details of his actions. The rest was confirmed by several other testimonies we collected during our prolonged stay in that kill zone. So much so that we can confidently say it would be hard to find a clearer example of partisan resistance today.
Communities like that of Ukrainka, however, are not reduced to ruins and have never been purely passive victims, not even during the darkest hours of occupation. Instead, they represent the remaining essence of living sovereignty, embodied in the active resistance of individuals like the shopkeeper who, though scarred and isolated, have managed to be the guardians of national, moral, and operational continuity during and after the occupation.
The civilizing promise with which Moscow legitimizes itself is everywhere turning into human and infrastructural desertion. If Russia exports death to assert control, Ukraine fights for permanence, reconstruction, and freedom. It is within this fierce resistance that its deepest victory is measured.
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乌克兰卡：乌克兰抵抗的象征
作者：Giorgio Provinciali
翻译：旺财球球
乌克兰前线报道
乌克兰卡——当我们进入这处位于尼古拉耶夫州与赫尔松州行政边界的定居点时，两个孩子在滑梯上嬉闹的喊声打破了四周的超现实般的寂静。草地游乐场上无人机与炮火留下的弹坑，不仅是过去战斗的残迹，更提醒着人们，在“俄罗斯世界”蹂躏下幸存的乌克兰卡平民，至今仍暴露在持续的威胁之下。荡秋千与滑梯上布满弹片与弹孔，旁边是乌克兰军队在2022年保卫村庄时构筑的战壕。
（图：Alla和我在乌克兰乌克兰卡报道。在这张照片中，Alla进入了教堂隔壁一条布满了子弹的战壕——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
尽管乌克兰的防卫者阻止了俄军在此地长期驻扎，并将其逼回至其仍占据着的第聂伯河河岸，但俄方仍每日用数十架FPV无人机持续轰炸乌克兰卡，伤及所有人，连孩童也无法幸免。俄军摧毁了附近所有的商铺与民居，仅存一座小型农场和两栋被炸成废墟的公寓楼，住着为数不多的工人及其家属。大多数幸存者是农民，尽管每日面临无人机与田间埋设的地雷的威胁，他们仍冒着生命危险每天清理出一小块土地，试图将其重新恢复生机。
就在我们刚结束为意大利报纸《理性报》（La Ragione）YouTube频道录制影像之后不久，最新的一轮炸弹便爆炸了。它们将我们曾经在其中避难的一座破败教堂钟楼上的十字架炸落，当时乌克兰防空部队正在试图击落俄军操控追杀平民的两架无人机。从那座圣地的墙体同样布满弹孔这一事实，可见留守平民所面临的绝望境地。
出于各种原因，乌克兰卡四年来实质上已成为一片杀伤区，不仅造成物质毁损，也把原本的民用空间结构性地变成对生命不友好的地方。即便领土获得解放，类似的区域仍通过炮火、无人机、地雷与恐惧继续被俄方以另一种形式控制。这表明占领可以在地理上结束，却并未终结其功能性存在。
（图：我和Alla在乌克兰乌克兰卡一家商店的废墟上报道——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
正如我们在新格里霍里夫卡、基謝利夫卡、米爾內、科帕尼、波薩德-波克羅夫斯克、索爾達茨克等无数被收复的定居点所见，解放并不等同于民事主权的有效恢复。尽管如此，所有这些地方都像受伤的生命体一般，它们仍通过那些耕作、复垦并选择留下来的人，继续呼吸与存续。
我们与那仅存的小店店主进行了长时间交谈：他从未离开——即便在占领期间亦然——甚至参与了破坏敌方行动，并与乌克兰武装部队持续保持联系。他向我们出示了他那件破损的夹克与手机照片，讲述了他的行动细节。我们在该杀伤区长期驻留期间收集到的其他证言亦证实了这些事实。由此我们有理由自信地说，如今很难找到比这更清晰的游击抵抗范例。
（图：我和Alla与游击抵抗的非凡人物合影——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
然而，像乌克兰卡这样的社区并未被化为废墟，即使在被占领最黑暗的时刻也从未沦为纯粹的被动受害者。相反，它们体现了“生命中的主权”之残存本质，由诸如那位店主般的个体的积极抵抗所体现，尽管历经创伤与身陷孤立，却在占领期间及之后，成为民族性、道德性与行动连续性的守护者。
莫斯科用来为自身行动赋予合法性的“文明使命”正遍地转化为对人命与基础设施的摧毁与废弃。如果俄罗斯以输出死亡来建立控制，乌克兰则为永久性、重建与自由而战。正是在这场激烈的抵抗中，乌克兰最深层意义上的胜利才得以衡量。
（图：我与Alla在乌克兰乌克兰卡现场报道——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。
我们正在重启筹款活动，感谢每一位支持我们修复被俄罗斯摧毁一切的朋友。即使是小额捐款也有帮助。我们会及时更新进展。
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