From Ukraine: When buildings can talk

Close to Kyiv, more than 90% of houses in the picturesque village of Moshchun were destroyed. The remaining inhabitants now live in the ruins of their homes.

Frontline village

In Eastern Ukraine, the once-prosperous village of Korobochkyne was on the frontline for 6 months. The village of 3000 now has only 300 inhabitants remaining. 82-year-old Nina is one of them.

Her house was destroyed in a Russian artillery strike. By some miracle, she survived but now Nina must live in her 'summer kitchen', a small building used to cook in the summer.

Southern Ukraine

Kherson and Mykolaiv, the two regional capitals, suffered the most when Russia launched their attack. One of the region's  biggest wounds is the regional administration building, destroyed by a Russian missile strike on 29 March.

One woman who worked there survived only because she was late to work that day. Many of her colleagues were killed.

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