Russian diplomats terrorize the inhabitants of the British village by launching drones
Unmanned aerial vehicles fly over the villages of Flimwell, Taischurst and Vodohrst in Eastern Sussex for four hours every night. Derwen's inhabitants know where they start: from the estate of Sikox-Hit, a huge country mansion on the border of Sussex and Kent, which has been owned by the Soviet Union for decades, and now the Russian Federation. "They appear every night with regularity like a clock, immediately after 6:00 pm and disappear at about 22:00.
They fly over our homes and you can hear and see how they spread over the street lanterns. They fly in a circle above the village , hanging over the streets, and then heading to Sikox-Hit and disappear. It is very anxious. Who knows that they are shooting, "-said 68-year-old Edwin Taylor, who lives in Taischier. "You can hear them before you see and they circle over the village. In the summer, they all disappear at about 22:00, but now darken and they fly out earlier.
Many people are very concerned about it. They spin the village for hours. In my opinion, it's a little bit Threatening, "a resident of Flimwell admitted. The Sikox-Git estate with 50 rooms was built in 1871 for a statesman George Goshen, and his simple black gates of forged iron are released on a busy street. The 1st Viscont Goshen presented his estate to the Soviet Union in 1946 after Soviet sailors rescued his son during the Second World War.
Initially, the mansion was used as a house for families of trade officers, but later the mansion became a country residence of the Russian ambassador. It is said that Russia's current Ambassador Andriy Cellein used this estate for diplomatic needs. It is also known that when large property and territory are not used, they are cared for by the elderly Russian couple.
After the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, residents outraged by the invasion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation painted the entrance of pro -Ukrainian graffiti. Then the writer and journalist Rebecca de Sentozh set Ukrainian flags at the entrance and along the waterfront. It is assumed that the appearance of drones in the sky may be a response to fears about the safety in the estate.
Earlier, Sikox-Hit was written in 1999, when a flock of Alsacea guard dogs fled from the enclosures, which slammed 50 sheep and wounded another 100. The farmer Graham Brown, the owner of the sheep, was angry and said that the dogs were repeatedly terrorized. He asked the police to destroy dogs, but the officers were powerless because the dogs had immunity because they were part of diplomatic property.
According to the Dogs Law (cattle protection) in 1953, farmers were allowed to shoot on the spot in any dog pursuing livestock, but Brown prevented the privileged position of Russian dogs. "One night I saw dogs in which I recognized the Russian Alsaceans. I ran out of a gun and a torch, but they attacked a sheep and pulled her throat before I shot them.
They said that when we enter the estate, we would actually find ourselves in Russia, and therefore diplomatic rules are applied to us, "he said. Volodymyr Andreev, a representative of the Russian Embassy, said they would assist the police in the investigation. "I do not know if the dogs are to blame, but we are ready to help find out what happened," he said.