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Was a military target. close by, local people were getting some food organised by their priest, who said he d seen the russians shooting civilians. you saw civilians being killed by a russian sniper? translation: it was the 2nd of march near the petrol station. i we were driving along, followed by two civilian cars. theyjust shot them. it was an execution. most people here left during the russian occupation. svitlana said coming back made her empty and scared. tell us what the town was like before. eventually, she said, it was very nice, very green. hundreds of people could be lying dead under the rubble, say the police. ....
Could be even higher. police there say they believe hundreds of people are buried beneath the rubble of civilian apartment blocks, destroyed by russian shelling, and survivors were prevented from escape. the bbc sjeremy bowen has been to borodyanka and sent us this report. the destruction in the centre of borodyanka is the worst for its size i ve seen in any of the towns around kyiv, including much fought over irpin and bucha. the worst killing in borodyanka might have come when these flats were destroyed. a line of them stood here. you can see the gaps. after you. next door to the rubble, dmytro stashevskyi inspected his shop. this is your shop? medical, pharmacy, it s a pharmacy, yeah? destroyed, everything s gone. we went upstairs where his wife ....
Now, only a ballistic missile oran airstrike can do this sort of damage. under the laws of war, killing civilians and wanton destruction are both crimes unless it can somehow be proved that that was a military target. close by, local people were getting some food organised by their priest, who said he d seen the russians shooting civilians. you saw civilians being killed by a russian sniper? translation: it was the 2nd of march near the petrol station. i we were driving along, followed by two civilian cars. theyjust shot them. it was an execution. most people here left during the russian occupation. svitlana said coming back made her empty and scared. tell us what the town was like before. ....
Next door to the rubble, dmytro stashevskyi inspected his shop. this is your shop? medical, pharmacy, it s a pharmacy, yeah? destroyed, everything s gone. we went upstairs where his wife svitlana was trying to clean up his mother s flat. their family is safe, but not their friends in the destroyed building next door. translation: they were all our neighbours. - shortly after the air strike, people nearby heard some voices shouting for help. russian soldiers stopped them digging. they threatened to shoot if they tried. dmytro left 30 others in the cellar before the strike. when he went back in the morning, it was full of rubble. all 30 are missing. you re lucky to be alive, aren t you? yes, he said, my wife, mother and daughter were praying for me. ....
This is a civilian block of flats. now, only a ballistic missile or an air strike can do this sort of damage. under the laws of war, killing civilians and wanton destruction are both crimes unless it can somehow be proved that that was a military target. close by, local people were getting some food organised by their priest, who said he d seen the russians shooting civilians. you saw civilians being killed by a russian sniper? translation: it was the 2nd of march near the petrol station. i we were driving along, followed by two civilian cars. theyjust shot them. it was an execution. most people here left during the russian occupation. svitlana said coming back made her empty and scared. tell us what the town was like before. ....