"Survivor's Diary": how russian military made a "human shield" of the residents of Yahidne village

When the Russian military occupied Yahidne in Chernihiv Oblast, they drove the locals into the basement of the school. "We went there, looked into the gym, into the biggest room - it was hell. You enter, and the first impression is that you are entering hell," says Olga, a resident of Yahidne. By taking them hostage, russians made a "human shield" and placed their headquarters on other floors of the school.
More than 350 people were in the basement without ventilation - old women and children. Toilet time was limited, instead buckets were placed for people. A few days later, the first man died in the basement. "There was not enough oxygen. The man was losing his mind. And they screamed and screamed, and as they say, people went crazy," says Ivan Pulyuy. Bodies were not always allowed to be taken out immediately, sometimes children played next to the deceased. The locals were in such conditions for almost a month. Ten elderly people died. Seven more were shot by the russians. The film, based on the diary of one of the hostages, reproduces the gruesome details of the russian war crime. Journalists managed to identify the russian units that turned the residents of Yahidne into "human shields" and to communicate with the russian officer involved in the crime.
01:52 - 03:01 Russians invaded Chernihiv Oblast
03:02 - 03:31 Journalists arrive in Yahidne
03:32 - 04:37 Tuvinians enter Yahidne
04:38 - 05:39 People are driven to the basement of the school
05:40 - 07:29 First entry in the diary
07:30 - 09:54 Unknown and the "human shield" of people
09:55 -12:09 People's psyches can't stand it
12:10 - 13:43 "My call sign is Maple"
13:44 - 15:29 The first dead
15:30 - 16:53 Shooting
16:54 - 17:16 People start getting sick en masse
17:17 - 19:04 "Everyone was dying in this room"
19:05 - 20:33 Journalists find an important document
20:34 - 23:43 Call to the military from Tuva
23:44 - 26:34 To the toilet - on buckets
26:35 - 28:19 The Russian military has suffered heavy losses
28:20 - 29:14 People saw bread for the first time in a long time
29:15 - 30:12 "Fascists in the 45th are chilren in comparison"
30:13 - 31:08 "So we just let the child die? Let it die"
31:09 - 33:45 A total of 10 civilians died
33:46 - 34:34 "We'll just suffocate"
34:35 - 36:39 Visit of the Russian command
36:40 - 37:20 People played the role of "human shield"
37:21 - 39:29 Journalists find a scheme of the Russian military
39:30 - 40: 38 The prosecutor's office will ask for the maximum punishment
40:39 - 42:38 A resident of Yahidne recognizes a russian officer
42:39 - 44:16 Russian military officer admits that the officers lived in the school
44:17 - 48:36 Russian troops left Yahidne
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