"I'm not homeless, I even have white socks." In Minsk, a girl from Luhansk set up a tent right in the entrance of an apartment building, alarming residents

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Resident of the entrance where the tent was found: "I felt somewhat uneasy"

Details of the incident were told to an "Onliner" journalist by a resident of the apartment building who brought the story to public attention. According to the Minsk resident, the tent was noticed on Monday afternoon.

"The tent appeared around 2 PM right at the entrance to the building. I noticed it when I was returning from the store. I was surprised, but thought it was kids playing – we have many children in our building. Then I looked at the building's chat: I wasn't the only one surprised. At first, people laughed: 'Someone decided to dry a tent,' they said.

The first time the tent just stood there, and the second time I noticed slippers next to it. Something was moving inside – someone was clearly rummaging around. I felt somewhat uneasy. I left the entrance and walked away.

At that time, people in the building chat started discussing that a young woman was living in the tent. Neighbors approached her, and she told them (I know, based on information from the chat) that she was a refugee awaiting deportation. The neighbors said they didn't like the tent in the entrance. It's simply unsanitary, we have many children, and they walk alone! When my small child learned about the tent, they said they wouldn't go home: 'What if she's sitting there with a knife?' I don't know where they got the idea about a knife."

According to the interlocutor, residents of the building talked to the girl and warned her that the entrance was not intended for living in a tent. Then they called the police.

"From the chat [I learned] that the police arrived and spoke with her. The girl packed up her tent and left. Then they said she had supposedly moved to the neighboring entrance."

On the same day, details of the story appeared on Threads. At the time of publication, the corresponding discussion thread had gathered over 25,000 views.

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In the comments, opinions were predictably divided. Some wrote that the girl should have been offered help, while others objected: "If you feel sorry for her, then take her in at your home."

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"If you think about it, there's no toilet in our entrance, no [possibility] to wash. Nearby – not a single shopping center, nothing. People say: 'She was kicked out.' But the fact that a person would live in conditions like for cattle in an entrance – that's normal. Even if she's a refugee, there are special places where they are fed and where normal living conditions are created for them," the Minsk resident reflects.

"Unfortunately, the girl got lost." Continuation of the story

Later, another post appeared on social media following this story, but with a different message. The author called for help in finding the stranger from the tent and wrote that the girl was frightened.

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"Onliner" contacted the sister of the post's author. Yulia is a resident of a neighboring entrance in the same building. On Monday afternoon, as she told the "Onliner" journalist, she saw an active discussion in the building's chat.

"My sister came home and said that this girl entered the entrance with her and had a suitcase. They took the elevator together and exchanged a few words. The girl said she was going to the sixth floor – to acquaintances. As we later thought, the girl was just scared again. According to my sister, she looked about 25 years old. She was lightly dressed and seemed confused. We discussed all this and decided that it shouldn't be like this. We need to go and talk to the person, find out what happened and how we can help."

Yulia went to look for the stranger with the suitcase herself – at first, she decided to go through the entire entrance.

"Just then, a neighbor from the entrance [where the tent was] came and said he was also looking for the girl. He said he had talked to her, asked without aggression why she was 'homeless' here, and brought her some food. She replied: 'I'm not homeless. Look, I even have white socks.' As far as I understood from his words, she said she was going home to Luhansk from the Czech Republic, awaiting deportation. He also said he saw a Ukrainian passport in her hands. Together we walked through the entire entrance, but found no one. We started thinking about what to do next."

At the same time, Yulia's sister was walking her dog in the yard. The women agreed to split up and continued their search on different routes. Despite two attempts and canvassing the area, they failed to find the girl with the suitcase. The next step was to publish posts on social media calling for help in the search.

"I thought that if she didn't have money for a ticket home, I could help with that and, for example, pay for a night in a hostel. Plus, the neighbor with whom we were looking for her also wanted to help. We would chip in and arrange something... But, unfortunately, the girl got lost."

Yulia says there have been no responses to the posts about the search yet. Meanwhile, the Threads thread is also actively gaining views – at the time of publication, there were already 10,000. In the comments, opinions were again divided. The interlocutor herself is confident: anyone can find themselves in a difficult situation.

"Onliner" also contacted the press service of the Minsk City Executive Committee's Main Internal Affairs Directorate for comment.

"During the verification of information received from the internet, police officers established that there was a conflict between the woman and her landlord, from whom she rented an apartment. Currently, the situation between them has been resolved, and the woman has returned to her previous place of residence," the department reported.

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