«The Bucha of Chernihiv Region» is what locals call Yahidne village near Chernihiv. Russian invaders destroyed houses and murdered civilians here as well. But its distinctive trait is that the Russians kept locals in a school cellar for a whole month.
As soon as Russians entered the village at the beginning of March, they started threatening people with guns and drove them all to that cellar. Overall, more than 300 people were forcefully kept in those inconvenient conditions. More than ten people because of terrible conditions there.
People lacked space. Many could not even lay down properly, so they had to sleep sitting. People were glad about even the smallest piece of cardboard so that they could sit on it. Air was scarce, so they drilled holes in walls for at least some air conditioning. Although the Russian fed those prisoners, the rations were never enough to feel fed good enough. Even children were starving. Sometimes prisoners were let to go outdoors.
But there were days when they did not let out of the basement at all. People even had to relieve themselves in front of everyone else.
The Russian troops made this school their headquarters. They lived in the building and dug trenches around the perimeter for military hardware and personnel. Therefore, the residents of Yahidne assume that they have been kept as a human shield so that the Ukrainian army would not strike this building.
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