Zelenskyy visits school in Chernihiv Oblast where Russians tortured people – photos

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited the village of Yahidne in Chernihiv Oblast, whose residents suffered during the Russian occupation in 2022. Source: Zelenskyy on Facebook on 3 April Quote: "I came to support the people of Yahidne and their efforts to preserve the memory of what happened here during the Russian occupation.

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I visited the school where the Russians held all the villagers for nearly a month.

This was one of the most cynical Russian crimes of this war - a crime specifically aimed at people and everything human and humane."

  Zelenskyy at the school where the Russians tortured people.Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

Details: Zelenskyy noted that much had already been rebuilt and restored in Yahidne. Work is also underway on memorialising what people unfortunately had to endure.

  Zelenskyy visiting Yahidne.Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

The president added that no one would ever forget or forgive Russia for what it had done.

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