Garbage has not been removed in Bakhmut for more than a month

Garbage has not been removed in Bakhmut for more than a month
Valentina Bokii

The city is in the line of fire of the Russian occupiers every day

In Bakhmut, Donetsk region, they have not been able to take out garbage since mid-October, because the Russian occupiers are constantly shelling the city.

Ascorrespondents of Free radio report, as a result, many spontaneous landfills were formed in the city.

Currently, around each dumpster are heaps of glass, slate, rocket debris, and humanitarian aid packages.

We invite readers to see what the city looks like without garbage collection.

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There has never been so much garbage on the streets of Bakhmut.

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Glass from broken windows, pieces of slate, debris from rockets and projectiles are lying on the roadsides, mixed with packaging from products from humanitarian kits and other waste.

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Garbage has not been collected since mid-October, but so far the landfills are mostly concentrated near waste containers. Less often — in pits from shells and rockets or simply on the streets.

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Previously, Ukrainians were told how to significantly reduce the amount of waste in wartime and, accordingly, reduce the burden on utility companies.

At the same time, the people of Kyiv have been in full-scale war for 8 months handed over 80 thousand cubic meters of waste for processing, which is equal to the content of 700 special garbage trucks.

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