Ovcharenko revealed that the residents of Sudzha all know Ukrainian well, or at least Surzhyk, a Russian-Ukrainian creole widely used throughout Ukraine. He noted that they did not have an audible Russian accent when speaking Ukrainian or Surzhyk. Read also: Ukraine’s armed forces have achieved their aims in Kursk, argues military expert The soldier explained that the town’s residents were almost exclusively pensioners and the elderly, with everyone else having left – though no property in Sudzha has been damaged by combat. “Personally, I feel sorry for the animals: the dogs and cats and horse…