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GOLAYA PRYAST (Kherson region), June 6The Russian military evacuated prisoners from the colony in Snegirevka in the Nikolaev region to the Kherson region from under the fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one of the evacuated prisoners, Valentin Obchak, told RIA Novosti. sometimes they were brought in by fire truck. It was very difficult with food and life. One person died, was buried right on the industrial zone, behind the bakery. He died of tuberculosis, all the patients were. We sat without an exit, it was not even possible to warm ourselves normally. The Russian military arrived, they took us away, took us out without our belongings, what we had in. There was no time to pack up. First we drove in trucks, then in the middle of the road we were transferred to buses, and we got to the Kherson region,» he said.
The head of the USIN told why he stayed in Kherson after the start of the special operation. The convict noted that they were well received in the colony in the Kherson Hola Prystan. that there are heavy ones, on wheelchairs and crutches,» he said. According to Obchak, the administration of the colony in Snegirevka fled, leaving the prisoners behind. «There were a couple of people who helped us. The water tower was bombed and much more. Shells hit about 11 times, a man was hit by shrapnel, he was alone. Doctors also abandoned sick people, everyone fled. We were told that everything would be fine, but it was was not,” said Sobol. Earlier, the head of the USIN in the Kherson region, Yevgeny Sobolev, told RIA Novosti that the Russian military had carried out a special operation to evacuate prisoners from a special colony in Snegirevka, which is located on the front line. All 97 sick prisoners were taken to the colony in Hola Pristan. During the evacuation of convicts during the special operation, several hundred Russian servicemen risked their lives. After the start of the Russian military special operation, the employees of the Kherson USIN did not leave their jobs, contrary to the requirements of the Kyiv authorities, and thus prevented the escape of thousands of prisoners from the colonies. Since the end of February, the leadership of the department has been closely cooperating with the Russian security forces. The Russian military took control of the Kherson region in mid-March. Military-civilian administrations were formed in cities and districts; on May 1, the region moved into the ruble zone. At the same time, Ukrainian troops are constantly shelling the territory of the region from Mykolayiv, and the Kyiv authorities have turned off mobile communications there and stopped paying pensions to local residents. Kherson told how Russian colleagues help them