Russian troops seize agricultural enterprise in Sumy region, plant snipers and demand negotiations

Olena Roschyna – Friday, 4 March 2022, 08:16

Russian occupying forces have seized the Kernel agricultural holding in the town of Bilovodske in the Sumy region, and are demanding negotiations with the local authorities and Ukraine’s Security Service.

Source: Report by Dmytro Zhyvytsky, Head of the Sumy Region Military Administration on 3 March, and a report from Denys Vaschenko, Head of Missile Troops and Artillery, about the current situation in the Romensk district.

Details: Two days ago, columns of Russian military equipment and the Russian troops had seized the Myronivski bread factory Druzhba-Nova (also belonging to Kernel) in the town of Bilovodske.

There is [valuable] equipment on the territory of the Myronivski bread factory itself, and nearby there are warehouses containing beetroots.

On 3 March, Russian troops gathered 225 units of military equipment there, including heavy machinery and artillery equipment.

During the evening of 3 March, Russian aircraft bombed the Romensk district and the outskirts of Nedrygailov.

Head of Missile Troops and Artillery Denys Vaschenko said: "Russian troops are firing at civilians. People are staying away from them, hiding in basements, because the Russian orcs have already been to the nearby town of Bilovody. They arrived there in 4 armoured vehicles – and shot, robbed, and threatened the local residents.

"Now they are back at their base and are demanding a negotiator, Ukraine’s Security Service, and the mayor!

"Everyone is afraid of going to them because they shoot you on sight.

"They have made it their base, and snipers have been planted on the building’s roof for three days now. They’ve installed military equipment all around. They are digging some kind of pit with bulldozers and tractors. They are either building a fortification there, or I don’t know what’s going on."