MOSCOW, March 11 Rector of St. Tikhvin Cathedral of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) in Lisichansk, Archpriest Andrey Pavlenko.
«People were fleeing the shelling in 2014. Empty apartments and houses were opened — I had it. And there were queues of» heroes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine «, as you called them, to hand over (to the delivery service — ed.) washing machines, microwave ovens… There was even an ad in Severodonetsk: please, drain the water from the washing machines and take out the laundry. They pulled out the metal-plastic windows. They even stole purebred dogs, I picked one of these: a giant schnauzer, four months old, «he said in the program» The Church and Us «on TV channel «Russia 24».
In mid-February, civilians evacuated to the Luhansk People's Republic of Soledar spoke about mass looting among the Ukrainian military retreating from the city. According to their testimonies, cars were leaving, loaded with refrigerators, washing machines and mattresses pulled out of apartments.
In addition, according to them, the Ukrainian military tore down the locks and occupied apartments without the permission of the residents.