Following outrage over horrific photos of civilians killed within the metropolis of Bucha, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned the scenario in neighboring Borodyanka is even worse. Investigators say they discovered 26 our bodies amongst the rubble in Borodyanka on Thursday.
Vadim Shandrenko is amongst these on the lookout for the stays of family and friends. His pal, Volodymyr, was at house inside a now collapsed residence constructing when it was hit by Russian airstrikes. Shandrenko advised CBS Information the Russian troopers would not let him search.
Locals advised CBS Information the Russians additionally blew up a bridge as they retreated from the town.
Within the close by village of Termakhivka, locals advised CBS Information that Russian troopers looted every part from clothes and silverware to fridges and washing machines.
Mykola Oleksienko, the pinnacle of the village, mentioned the Russians raided the village's clinic, leaving it wrecked.
Termakhivka is about 30 miles from the Chernobyl nuclear web site, the place Russian troops have additionally pulled out. Ukraine says the Russians dug trenches in one of the vital contaminated components of the exclusion zone, exposing themselves to important doses of radiation.
A Kremlin spokesman admitted Thursday that Russia has misplaced a big variety of troops in Ukraine, calling it a "enormous tragedy," however didn't say what number of had been killed.