“I’m a or
goal of the Russians. I cannot always stay in a single refuge, and for this I am forced to change places constantly, not to reveal where I am, to sleeping in basements or in the woods“. To reveal it to Adnkronos, in an interview from a secret location in Ukraine, is the governor of the region of Luhansk, Serhiy Haidai. “I have had confirmation of being the target of the Russians from various sources – he says, explaining that he has limited time available, also for this reason – There is information, both from the Ukrainian police and from articles published in the Russian media, which are in the sights of the of Kadyrov’s soldiers and those of the private company Wagner, who want to capture me “.
Haidai explains that he is not the only governor in the sights of the Russian militias: “Any governor answers many questions, he has to make many decisions that depend on him, including evacuation, humanitarian aid. Neutralize the governors brings many advantages to the enemy “. A life suspended on the edge of danger, that of the governor of Luhansk, to which, however, Haidai is accustomed.” The region of Luhansk even before the war was under constant attacks – he remembers – and therefore it was always a lottery being under attack, a mine, a grenade “.
And he explains his relationship with fear in his life between hiding places. “I have fear, I don’t know who doesn’t have it. But being a governor I don’t show it, I have to think about my people“, he says. In these moments” I have no superfluous emotions. My thoughts are on how to help civilians, those who managed to escape and those who managed to evacuate. In total there are three hundred thousand people in the Luhansk region “.
The situation in the region in these hours “is that Luhansk is almost all under Russian control, but in the suburbs and in some villages there are still fighting going on”. “In Kreminnà (north-west of Severodonetsk, ed.) -the governor tells- the Russians shoot civilians on the street who expressed pro-Ukrainian views. There have been Ukrainian partisans who have taken actions on Russian collaborators, and the Russians have decided to take revenge “, he explains, revealing the reasons.
The governor of Luhansk emphasizes that the population is experiencing dramatic moments. “The main problem of the cities is that because of the war attacks it was
all destroyed
the critical infrastructure
: water,
electricity, gas, sewageunloading the garbage -said Haidai- As soon as they enter the winter season I can’t even imagine what will happen, also because the 70% of the homes were damaged critically. We cannot evacuate anyone because the Russians do not give us a ceasefire. “In theory, civilians could evacuate from Russia to Georgia,” but it is only a theoretical and very dangerous possibility, “he adds.
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