Russian radio voices sow fear in Ukraine war zone

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LYSCHANSK: The portable radio in the dark cellar of the rocket-damaged kindergarten was transmitting news in Russian over whistling airwaves about the Kremlin\u0027s military triumphs in Ukraine. The six frightened women and lone man cowering in the heart of the east Ukrainian war zone had no idea whether

This paralysing isolation is being compounded by haunting Russian and Ukrainian radio broadcasts that appear over random airwaves and present contradictory news."The Russians are saying they are winning and the Ukrainians are saying they are," Natalia Georgiyevna said.

Russia has been transmitting its take on the news across eastern Ukraine throughout an eight-year insurgency that preceded the Kremlin's all-out invasion on Feb 24. The Russians are closing in from three directions on Lysychansk's sister city of Severodonetsk to the north. "I am mostly afraid that some stranger might drive up to me and ask for my papers. You never know these days whose side they are on," the 53-year-old said on his way back to his basement.Residents said the Grad volley at the start of the week appeared to be aimed at a grade school on the opposite side of the yard that housed one of the Ukrainian units defending the city.

 

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