Day 44 of the full-scale invasion. Ukrainian officials said the deaths and shelling of Borodyanka are “much more horrific” than the massacres in Bucha. The town is ruined.
But we also found out that Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall is recovering from the horrific injuries he received in an attack that killed two colleagues.
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Kramatorsk Railway Station
A Russian attack on the Kramatorsk railway station killed over 30 people and wounded over 100 as civilians lined up to leave eastern Ukraine
Kramatorsk in a city in the Donetsk Oblast. It is located near Donetsk, which is part of an area controlled by pro-Russian separatists and Russians since 2014. From The New York Post:
“Two rockets hit Kramatorsk railway station,” Ukrainian Railways said in a statement.“According to operational data, more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded,” it added.The railroad station was being used for the evacuation of civilians from areas under bombardment by Russian forces, according to Reuters, which said it could not independently confirm the deadly strike.Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the Donetsk region, said thousands of people had been at the station at the time of the attack.“The ‘Rashists’ (‘Russian fascists’) knew very well where they were aiming and what they wanted: they wanted to sow panic and fear, they wanted to take as many civilians as possible,” he said.Kyrylenko posted a graphic photograph online showing several bodies lying beside piles of suitcases and other luggage. Armed police wearing flak jackets stood beside them.
A video on Telegram has been verified of Ukrainians killing Russian captives near Bucha:
A graphic video shared on pro-Russian Telegram channels appears to show Ukrainian soldiers murdering the men in cold blood. The video has been verified and geolocated to Dmytrivka, a town seven miles southwest of Bucha.In the video, Ukrainian soldiers survey the aftermath of an apparent ambush on retreating Russian troops. At least three Russians lie in pools of blood on the tarmac, seemingly dead. One of them is clearly suffering from a head injury and has his hands tied behind his back. The men all wear the white armbands of Russian troops.A fourth Russian lies prostrate, but shudders, indicating he is still breathing. “He’s still alive. Film these marauders. Look, he’s gasping,” says a voice.In the corner of the screen, the barrel of a gun appears and fires two shots at the man. The man continues to shudder. The gunman moves and takes aim at the Russian soldier’s head. He shoots again and the man stops moving.The Ukrainian soldiers, identifiable by their blue armbands and insignia, repeatedly shout “Glory to Ukraine”. They also insult the dead men.
Borodyanka sits 15 miles away from Bucha where Russian occupiers killed over 300 people.
The Russians used both as a base as they tried to invade Kyiv, which is southwest of the cities. The residents could not fight back but they tried. They used Molotov cocktails and any weapons they could find.
About 90% of the Borodyanka residents left before the Russians arrived. The Russians shelled and attacked the town nonstop.
The residents went back this week to absolutely nothing:
Arsen Bilevsky, a school director who evacuated after Russian troops arrived, wandered the main street on Wednesday, stopping here and there to take photos and shake his head in disbelief.”It was a quiet and beautiful place,” Bilevsky said. Now, it’s “where all the horrors happened.”It’s too dangerous for many people to live here, he said. “There’s no photo or video that can capture the atmosphere here now. There are a lot of mines planted. Mines on doors, mines in houses, mines in basements.”—Sergiy Davydenko, 36, came home Tuesday after weeks away to find his apartment had been trashed by soldiers using it as a base: The fridge emptied, furniture missing, computer broken, his belongings scattered all over.”They lived here,” he said, pointing to his pullout couch. It was closed when he left, he said, but open when he came back. “They also lived in the basement. They brought mattresses down there. I found my TV down there.”Asked how it felt to find that Russian soldiers had helped themselves to his home, he replied, “It’s not the worst.”
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted Russia has lost a lot of people. He also told Sky News that Putin doesn’t worry about facing a war crimes court, threatened Finland and Sweden if they join NATO, and bashed Boris Johnson.
But this is the first time we’ve heard Peskov admit to the West that Russia lost a lot of troops.
Benjamin Hall barely survived the attack that killed his colleagues Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshinova.
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