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Here are some of the highlights produced by RFE/RL’s team of correspondents, multimedia editors, and visual journalists over the past seven days, including content from Gandhara, the RFE/RL website focusing exclusively on developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Inside An ‘Execution Cellar’ In Ukraine
A children’s summer camp in Ukraine is the site of another grisly atrocity. In a basement, there were bodies with their hands tied behind their backs and bullet holes in their heads. The Ukrainian authorities said it was a war crime committed by Russian forces. By Borys Sachalko
Chernihiv Rises From Rubble Left By Russian Army
Ukrainians in Chernihiv are cleaning up the devastation wrought on their city by the Russian Army after Moscow stopped its attacks and turned its attention to Ukraine’s east. Russia’s air force bombed residential areas and a church. On April 6, RFE/RL Ukrainian Service correspondent Maryan Kushnir toured the destruction in the city, which is located in northern Ukraine near the borders with Belarus and Russia.
Borodyanka’s Survivors Tell Their Stories After Ukrainian Town’s Liberation
The village of Borodyanka, 50 kilometers from Kyiv, was severely damaged by Russian air strikes. According to Prosecutor-General Iryna Venediktova, the worst situation with civilian casualties is in Borodyanka. Collapsed buildings have not been cleared and the number of victims has not yet been determined. RFE/RL Ukrainian Service reporter Levko Stek listened to locals’ stories about what Russian troops did in the city.
Sarajevo Survivors Relive The Siege Through The War In Ukraine
Thirty years ago, their city was surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces and kept under siege for nearly four years. Now, Bosnians tell RFE/RL’s Balkan Service that they see the same evil repeating itself in Ukraine and want Europe and the world to do more to put a stop to it. By Ivan Gutterman and RFE/RL’s Balkan Service
