The Belgorod Region Governor climbed Mount Beshtau to watch the sunrise. Residents of Shebekino told him how they were awakened by shelling and fled to their basements.
The governor is on vacation Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov published a post on his VKontakte page about a family hike to the top of the mountain Beshtau early Sunday morning.
"My son and I woke up at 3:30 a.m. and climbed to the top of Mount Beshtau to watch the sunrise." — wrote Gladkov.
In the comments, residents Shebekino and other areas regularly subject to shelling, shared with the governor how their morning on October 1st went.
"And today in Shebekino we got up to run to the basement! Cool, right?"
"My three sons and I woke up today at 8:10 a.m. to the sound of planes landing and headed to the basement..." "And we woke up at eight because there was shelling in Shebekino and people were injured! Congratulations on that!"
"Good morning to you, but they're shelling us in Shebekino and we can't even set foot in the mountains! When will this stop so we can live in peace???"
Gladkov's "defenders," including some from the Belgorod administration, also emerged, asking for a rest for "Russia's best governor." But they were told that a governor cannot rest while people are in danger.
"Indeed, it is not proper for serfs to disturb the governor; they are supposed to silently await death."
"The governor can't rest when there's shelling in the region and people are in danger. And even more so, he can pretend he's resting when many people don't even have a place to spend the night or hide from the shelling."
"We, too, dream of a proper vacation, not sitting in fear. We Shebekintsy don't have vacations. Vacations should be taken in peacetime, when your people aren't dying. We are the people of our governor, the governor of the Belgorod region. We elected him, and he is responsible for us."
"NotMoscow Speaking" told How residents of Shebekino, who lost their homes and property after rocket attacks, have been unable to receive compensation for months. Gladkov, meanwhile, считает that the residents of Shebekino need to return home despite the situation.
