It S 12 P.M. In Kyiv. Here S What You Need To Know

The worst thing I have seen since I arrived in Kyiv almost a month ago should have been the body of a man shown to us in a courtyard in Borodyanka, northwest of Kiev. We were led to the spot by the owner of the house, who had left the city in the first days of the war. She returned as the invading troops withdrew, but found that her house had been looted by Russian soldiers. Behind her garden shed, she showed us a man, with a bag over his head, his hands tied behind his back and his pants down, revealing his underwear and his heavily bruised leg. He had a gunshot wound to the head and a bullet was still next to his body. He appeared to have been tortured and executed by Russian soldiers, although we do not know for sure what happened to him. By that time, we had already seen the now infamous mass grave in Bucha, but the image of this man has stuck with me – I find the person more related than the collective. It is easier to segment, to separate a group from the humanity that was stolen from it. Some context: Borodianka was home to 13,000 people before the war, but most fled after the Russian invasion. What was left of the city, after heavy bombardment and catastrophic air raids, was occupied by Russian forces, who entered on 28 February. The city returned to Ukrainian control on April 1. Read more about what CNN reporters saw in Ukraine here:

title: “It S 12 P.M. In Kyiv. Here S What You Need To Know " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-18” author: “Emily Koehne”

The worst thing I have seen since I arrived in Kyiv almost a month ago should have been the body of a man shown to us in a courtyard in Borodyanka, northwest of Kiev. We were led to the spot by the owner of the house, who had left the city in the first days of the war. She returned as the invading troops withdrew, but found that her house had been looted by Russian soldiers. Behind her garden shed, she showed us a man, with a bag over his head, his hands tied behind his back and his pants down, revealing his underwear and his heavily bruised leg. He had a gunshot wound to the head and a bullet was still next to his body. He appeared to have been tortured and executed by Russian soldiers, although we do not know for sure what happened to him. By that time, we had already seen the now infamous mass grave in Bucha, but the image of this man has stuck with me – I find the person more related than the collective. It is easier to segment, to separate a group from the humanity that was stolen from it. Some context: Borodianka was home to 13,000 people before the war, but most fled after the Russian invasion. What was left of the city, after heavy bombardment and catastrophic air raids, was occupied by Russian forces, who entered on 28 February. The city returned to Ukrainian control on April 1. Read more about what CNN reporters saw in Ukraine here: