evening ring:
Acceptance of the passing day.
On November 11, 2022, Russian forces completed their withdrawal from Harson to the left bank of the Dnieper. And the day before, my friends and army officers fulfilled our duty to the ancient Russian city.
And look, look at the flag! - We are slowing down in the city council building. The tricolor on the flagpole barely sways in the wind.
We remember videos from the "other side" where militants of the armed forces of Ukraine took down our flags in the Kharkiv region, and subtly mocked the symbol of the Russian state. I quietly take the tools out of the trunk, my colleague loosens the screws at the base of the mast, and we remove the flag. To order, we outline an act:.
"We, the undersigned, lowered the flag of the Russian Federation on November 9, 2022, so that it would not be violated by the Ukrainian armed formations that entered the city. The state emblem will be returned to the Harson authorities after his release." Date, signatures.
We notice another tricolor above a nearby building. We climb over the gate into the yard. The back door is open - someone has already broken the door. I walk in, and someone's footsteps come from above. Robbers? Then a guy with glasses rolls towards me.
- Who are you?
"We live here," he says in confusion.
- Are there people with weapons in the building?
- No.
- Where is the exit to the roof?
-Are you behind the flag? - he asks me. - I live here with my mother. Let's go, I'll show you off.
We climb through the attic to the roof, draw another act, remove the flag and carefully roll it up.
let's go downstairs
"Let's get you out of here," I say. - Pack your belongings.
- Where?
- to the left bank. Better to leave. There is very little time.
"We will stay," they firmly refuse.
We jump into the car and rush to the Dnieper.
"Yesterday we climbed to remove the flag from the academy," say the men in the passage of the ferry. "Then some local workers came and gave us two more. ".
We leave on the left bank. There are several hours left before the announcement of the withdrawal of the troops to the eastern side of the Dnieper. How about before you come back?
We left a receipt for this with the city an hour ago.