Over the past 8 months we had the opportunity and privilege to document the journeys and stories of families torn apart by the #russianinvasion of #Ukraine https://t.co/VdRGqkvBzN
Oleksandr, a Ukrainian defender, says goodbye to his wife, Yana, and daughter Ivanna, who came to visit him for 10 days in #Kramatorsk His unit is fighting inside Bakhmut, where he visited 3 days ago: "It's tough, but we don't have other choice. Bakhmut is a fortress.” #Ukraine
It’s time for me to tell my side of the story. Having worked for @amnesty for 7 years, I would have never imagined that a single report could jeopardize 30 years of achievements in human rights protection in #Ukraine. Yet this is exactly what happened.
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In a no man's land of charred wheat fields and cratered villages, Ukrainian forces are preparing for what is perhaps their most ambitious military action of the war: retaking Kherson. I'll be in the region with @berehulak reporting on developments. https://t.co/AP23wYlwLT
“Ukraine is a crime scene,” the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said after visiting Bucha, where the authorities are working to exhume bodies from communal graves.
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Photo by @berehulak
As the Russian advance on Kyiv stalled, the enemy occupation of #Bucha slid into a campaign of terror and revenge. Russian soldiers set up in a school. A sniper in a high-rise fired at anybody who moved. Others tortured, raped and executed civilians in basements or backyards.
Horrifying, painstaking account of the killings in Bucha by @carlottagall and @berehulak. So far the bodies number 360.
“They shot everything,” said Mr. Rodchenko. “They shot at houses. They shot a woman on the street. They shot at dogs.”
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“If it weren’t for such heroes, we might not be here now."
Anastasia Huseva mourns her husband Vitaly Husev, killed fighting Russia.
"Probably 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, I don’t want to live. But it is necessary. He knew I would hold on. So we’ll hold on.”
Photo @berehulak
“They shot everything” said Mr. Rodchenko. “They shot at houses. They shot a woman on the street. They shot at dogs.”
Please read this heartbreaking account of atrocities committed by Russian soldiers against civilians in #Bucha
Story by @carlottagall Photographs @berehulak
As the Russian advance on Kyiv stalled a campaign of terror and revenge against civilians began.
A sniper in a high-rise fired at anybody who moved. Soldiers tortured, raped and executed civilians in basements or backyards @carlottagall@berehulak report
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