A young man was waiting at the front gate to lead them to the garden where, next to a shallow grave in a piece of mud, lay the body of his father, Yuri Vasakin, 62. The son said Russian soldiers beat him and then shot him in early March, when they took control of a number of villages and hamlets around the town of Makariv. Zelensky reveals PM’s promise to help “rebuild Kiev” – Live updates for Ukraine Image: Yuri Vasakin’s body among those collected by local police Image: Yevgeny Vasakin shrugged when asked why his father was killed Asked why he targeted his father, Yevgenii Vasakin simply shrugged. Officials say more than 130 bodies – all civilians – have been retrieved from the area, east of the capital, most of whom were killed by Russian troops. And the account is growing. “This is horrible. They are not people,” said the city’s mayor, Vadim Tokar, a tall man dressed in military uniform. Evidence excavated in gardens and fields appeared to indicate that Russian troops were systematically firing on some residents. “We found corpses all over the area, where Russian forces had occupied,” the mayor said. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 11:12 The Red Cross can not reach Mariupol Russian troops withdrew from the region last week as part of a wider withdrawal from all over northern Ukraine. Their departure revealed the extent of the horror that took place as their tanks trampled on the lives and livelihoods of Makariv residents last month. Local police officer Yuri Nesai and his team were tasked with helping pick up the pieces in their silver van, armed with a list of locations on a sheet of paper. They used to patrol a quiet, peaceful community. Now they have to get corpses. It means that the sight of death no longer has an impact. “In a month our territory is starting a war,” Mr Nehai said in broken English. “I see my friend explode. After that I have no sense of when I found the bodies.” His team is finding a lot – more than 20 in just the last three days. Image: Yuri Nechay is a local police officer There was another corpse in the garden adjacent to the Vasakin house. The victim was a retired police sergeant. He was also shot dead. The police carefully put his body in another bag, lifted it with a zipper, took it and then transferred it to the truck. A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin has denied that Russian troops killed civilians in Ukraine. The young policeman was skeptical of this remark. “Can I say what I think in English?” he asked, speaking in Ukrainian and then said: “They are bulls ***”. “I know so many relatives. They call me and tell me that when the Russian army goes home, take people from the house and shoot them,” he said. In a village about nine miles away, the local mayor said Russian troops had killed his cousin Vitaly Pavlovich and his cousin’s neighbor – separately – in execution style. Anatoly Kebukevich said he did not know why, but wondered if his cousin had been shot because of something they saw on one of his cell phones. Both men were buried in a field around the back of their houses. Image: Police officers collect a corpse “Vitalik was killed first,” said the mayor. “They tied his hands behind his back and knelt down. He was shot. Then they went to Vadim [the neighbour]. They put him in the basement. He seemed to refuse to kneel. “They shot him in the leg, knocked him to his knees and then shot him in the back of the neck.” Behind the police van, the smell of death was overwhelming. They had four corpses in the back, but they had to collect 10 to be able to transport them to the local morgue. Mr Nechai said three other victims had been notified and buried in makeshift graves in a nearby village cemetery. Getting back in the vehicle, they left.
title: “Ukraine War How Police Are Going From House To House Scooping Up The Dead In Death Smelling Van World News " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-24” author: “Janet Collins”
A young man was waiting at the front gate to lead them to the garden where, next to a shallow grave in a piece of mud, lay the body of his father, Yuri Vasakin, 62. The son said Russian soldiers beat him and then shot him in early March, when they took control of a number of villages and hamlets around the town of Makariv. Zelensky reveals PM’s promise to help “rebuild Kiev” – Live updates for Ukraine Image: Yuri Vasakin’s body among those collected by local police Image: Yevgeny Vasakin shrugged when asked why his father was killed Asked why he targeted his father, Yevgenii Vasakin simply shrugged. Officials say more than 130 bodies – all civilians – have been pulled from the area, west of the capital, with most of the victims being killed by Russian troops. And the account is growing. “This is horrible. They are not people,” said the city’s mayor, Vadim Tokar, a tall man dressed in military uniform. Evidence excavated in gardens and fields appeared to indicate that Russian troops were systematically firing on some residents. “We found corpses all over the area, where Russian forces had occupied,” the mayor said. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 11:12 The Red Cross can not reach Mariupol Russian troops withdrew from the region last week as part of a wider withdrawal from all over northern Ukraine. Their departure revealed the extent of the horror that took place as their tanks trampled on the lives and livelihoods of Makariv residents last month. Local police officer Yuri Nesai and his team were tasked with helping pick up the pieces in their silver van, armed with a list of locations on a sheet of paper. They used to patrol a quiet, peaceful community. Now they have to get corpses. It means that the sight of death no longer has an impact. “In a month our territory is starting a war,” Mr Nehai said in broken English. “I see my friend explode. After that I have no sense of when I found the bodies.” His team is finding a lot – more than 20 in just the last three days. Image: Yuri Nechay is a local police officer There was another corpse in the garden adjacent to the Vasakin house. The victim was a retired police sergeant. He was also shot dead. The police carefully put his body in another bag, lifted it with a zipper, took it and then transferred it to the truck. A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin has denied that Russian troops killed civilians in Ukraine. The young policeman was skeptical of this remark. “Can I say what I think in English?” he asked, speaking in Ukrainian and then said: “They are bulls ***”. “I know so many relatives. They call me and tell me that when the Russian army goes home, take people from the house and shoot them,” he said. In a village about nine miles away, the local mayor said Russian troops had killed his cousin Vitaly Pavlovich and his cousin’s neighbor – separately – in execution style. Anatoly Kebukevich said he did not know why, but wondered if his cousin had been shot because of something they saw on one of his cell phones. Both men were buried in a field around the back of their houses. Image: Police officers collect a corpse “Vitalik was killed first,” said the mayor. “They tied his hands behind his back and knelt down. He was shot. Then they went to Vadim [the neighbour]. They put him in the basement. He seemed to refuse to kneel. “They shot him in the leg, knocked him to his knees and then shot him in the back of the neck.” Behind the police van, the smell of death was overwhelming. They had four corpses in the back, but they had to collect 10 to be able to transport them to the local morgue. Mr Nechai said three other victims had been notified and buried in makeshift graves in a nearby village cemetery. Getting back in the vehicle, they left.
