Departing Russian soldiers have laced large swaths of the country with buried mines and jury-rigged bombs, some hidden inside homes, to terrorize returning civilians.
Tag: Kyiv (Ukraine)
Russian Blunders in Chernobyl: ‘They Came and Did Whatever They Wanted’
Tank treads ripped up the toxic soil, bulldozers carved trenches and bunkers, and soldiers spent a month camped in — and dug into — a radioactive forest.
With Russian Forces Gone, Kyiv Starts to Revive
The anxiety remains, but in Ukraine’s capital, large lines of cars are now forming on highways into the city and businesses are reopening.
For a Ukrainian Journalist, War Evokes Scars From Captivity
Stanislav Aseyev, a 32-year-old journalist, had documented his abuse in a prison run by Russian-backed separatists. Now, the war reminds him of why Ukrainians are fighting for their lives.
Inside a Maternity Hospital in Ukraine as War Grinds On
As artillery shells fall, pregnant women are delivering prematurely, being shuttled in and out of bomb shelters or having babies in basements without even a midwife to help. Tens of thousands more are displaced.
‘Evil Came’: The Toll of Russia’s Occupation in Kyiv’s Suburbs
Land mines, bullet-riddled cars and corpses lying in the street. Residents of Bucha, Borodianka and Hostomel describe the horrors left behind by Russian forces.
Your Wednesday Briefing: Zelensky Addressed the U.N.
Plus a change in Shanghai’s controversial family Covid policy and the tense build-up to the French presidential election.
How Can the World Respond to Russian Atrocities? Weapons and Sanctions
How can the world respond to Russian atrocities?
Up-Close Ukraine Atrocity Photographs Touch a Global Nerve
The apparent execution of Ukrainian civilians by retreating Russian forces, their bodies strewn in streets and yards, has focused attention on what constitutes crimes in war.
‘Sitting at Home and Trembling.’ A Town Emerges After a Russian Retreat.
A local official said he was detained and interrogated by the Russians, and described what he called mock executions.