This day has been one of the hardest for me over the past weeks.
I've experienced animal fear, panic, depression, anxiety, despair, all of that in turn again and again. But what I'm feeling today is different. The first happy emotions caused by liberation of the Kyiv region have been replaced by spanless, unimaginable, immense pain, hatred and disgust.
A drawing by Anton Logov "Dead Ukrainians lie on the streets of the bombed-out Bucha" taken from Ukrainian Pravda website.
The whole world was shocked when seeing the photos of liberated Bucha, Irpin and other cities in Kyiv region after they were cleared from russian occupants. I know these are not the photos people living in civilized, privileged areas (which was also the case for Bucha and Irpin before the russian occupation) want to see, but we didn't choose this either. Someone just thought they have the right to come to our homes and ruin our lives.
This is what our peaceful, thriving little Bucha looks like now PHOTO CREDIT.
Dmytrivka is located in Bucha district. From the first day of the war, the tanks of the occupiers drove there. A few days ago, the village was liberated by the Ukrainian army. Now residents are returning to the village, dismantling the rubble, putting things in order and removing the corpses that are all around. Some of those killed have their hands tied, which indicates that they were tortured and at the time of death they were defenseless. These nonhumans deliberately shot civilians.
This is the real genocide.
is this even possible in the 21st entury? PHOTO CREDIT
In Irpyn, russian invaders shot women and girls, and then drove over their bodies with tanks, as reported by the head of the city Oleksandr Markushyn.
I am writing this and shivering. Was this also done by "order from above"? Is it also the case when "ordinary" russian people "did not have a choice"? According to the mayor, many civilians died due to shelling and mines. Also, the russians massively shot people right in the middle of the street. Just because they are Ukrainians and dared to live better than russian cruds.
More and more scary news are yet to come from other occupied and blocked cities after their liberation. We must not forget a single crime. PHOTO CREDIT
Absolutely all world media publish footage from Bucha and other cities with evidence of massacres of civilians. Dozens of corpses lie on the streets: with their hands tied, with traces of beatings, someone was shot right near the house, someone while riding a bicycle. A mass grave was found in Bucha, in which almost 300 people were buried.
I don't know any of the dead, but I want to avenge their deaths as if they were the dearest souls in the world. Each of these images I forever carved into my memory. PHOTO CREDIT
The non-governmental human rights organization Human Rights Watch has published a report on the war crimes of the russian military in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, facts of torture and executions of locals. The report also contains information about the murder of children. The whole world is shocked by these crimes, and many world and European leaders such as Emmanuel Macron, Liz Truss, Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen have promised to do everything possible to conduct the most prompt investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice. I hope this help will actually be provided.
People were defenseless, their hands tied. PHOTO CREDIT
A screenshot from Liz Truss' Twitter account. Many global leaders speak up in a similar way. I'm looking forward to further actions from their side, too.
By sharing this post, I want the whole world to see what is actually happening here, and urge everyone to call on their governments to impose sanctions on russia, put as much pressure on them as possible. They need to know that such atrocities WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. The whole world needs to know that dictatorship, cruelty and permissiveness are not the way to live in a modern world where life and mutual respect are the primary values.