The morgue in Kharkiv was overflowing.
In the courtyard outside, scores of black & green body bags were stacked along 2 of its walls. On the other side, dozens more victims of Russia’s assault on this eastern city lay exposed to the elements.
No ⚰️ left. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/…
In the courtyard outside, scores of black & green body bags were stacked along 2 of its walls. On the other side, dozens more victims of Russia’s assault on this eastern city lay exposed to the elements.
No ⚰️ left. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/…
They need more body bags. Even plastic wrap.
Officials here said at least 250 civilians have died, but that is not a full toll and countless more lie buried under the rubble.
Officials here said at least 250 civilians have died, but that is not a full toll and countless more lie buried under the rubble.
“ It is a grim bellwether of the trajectory that could be in store for other Ukrainian cities that hold out against Russian forces.
“It’s hell,” said Maxim Chicholik, 41, as he waited outside the morgue to pick the body of his 48-year-old brother.”
“It’s hell,” said Maxim Chicholik, 41, as he waited outside the morgue to pick the body of his 48-year-old brother.”
He had been “decapitated and had his arm blown off by shelling as he walked to the store to buy food for his family. His brother’s wife and children had just fled the country that day.”
It’s unbearable. Yet they have no choice but to bear it.
It’s unbearable. Yet they have no choice but to bear it.
Kharkiv used to be known as Ukraine’s intellectual capital, brimming with hundreds of thousands of students.
Now the Universities are ravaged.
700k people have fled their homes.
Now the Universities are ravaged.
700k people have fled their homes.
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