{"id":377349,"date":"2018-04-13T14:05:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T11:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/slovyansk-siege-russias-hybrid-war-began\/"},"modified":"2018-04-13T14:05:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T11:05:11","slug":"slovyansk-siege-russias-hybrid-war-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/slovyansk-siege-russias-hybrid-war-began\/","title":{"rendered":"The Slovyansk Siege: When Russia&#8217;s Hybrid War Began"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YZM8gp1Vhl8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>On April 12th, 2014, the Russian-led siege began on Slovyansk, a strategically important city in Ukraine&#8217;s Donbas region. Armed men launch an assault on the local police department. A local volunteer describes that day.<\/p>\n<p>When Russia&#8217;s hybrid war came to Hennadiy&#8217;s native city, he started to help the first Ukrainian servicemen there &#8211; many of them unfamiliar with the area.<\/p>\n<p>City life became paralyzed. Barricades and checkpoints were constructed. All reminders of Ukraine were destroyed. The real Russian origins of the so-called local separatists were quickly exposed.<\/p>\n<p>It was during the siege of the Kramatorsk police department that militants uttered a famous phrase, typical for Russian citizens<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer\u00a0resident of Kramatorsk Iryna Sydorenko founded a volunteer group. They&#8217;ve been helping Ukrainian soldiers for 4 years now. They also keep in touch with people in non-government controlled areas of Donbas who want to help.<\/p>\n<p>The occupation of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk lasted for more than three months.<\/p>\n<p>After the siege of Kramatorsk, Serhiy evacuated his friends and relatives. However, he stayed to help the locals. One morning, he saw how a column of military vehicles entered the city from the neighboring Slovyansk.<\/p>\n<p>In summer 2014, the Russian-led militants fled as the Ukrainian army advanced on Slovyansk. Even today, a destroyed hospital serves as a reminder of the three months under siege. On July 5th, 2014 &#8211; Ukrainian soldiers entered Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, and raised Ukrainians flags once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 12th, 2014, the Russian-led siege began on Slovyansk, a strategically &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":377350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,55,36437],"tags":[36961],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-377349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-ukraine-en","category-11473-ukraine-en-news-en-2","tag-russian-aggression"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Slovyansk Siege: When Russia&#039;s Hybrid War Began - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/slovyansk-siege-russias-hybrid-war-began\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Slovyansk Siege: When Russia&#039;s Hybrid War Began - 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