“As Russian troops retreat from the Kiev region after suffering heavy casualties, houses of ordinary people are being looted. Electronics, clothes, shoes, cosmetics. This is not an army. This is a shame. “We will never forget and we will never forgive,” said Oleg Nikolenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s foreign ministry. West of the capital, Ukrainian reporters drove to Yasnohorodka – a quiet place formerly known for its family ecological park – and found it severely damaged by the bombing when they visited it on Friday. A woman who had stayed in the leveled town said she had remained to care for six dogs, four cats and nine chickens left by her neighbors. Choosing her path after craters exploded in her backyard, retiree Evgenia Rozhkova pointed to the lake she had used for drinking water. “Here is the pool, now I take water from it, I boil it, I cooked food for me and the dogs in it,” Ms Rozhkova said. Another couple picked up the rubble of their ruined home. The 58-year-old Sergei told nv.ua that he was just happy that “the Ukrainian defenders drove the occupiers away from the village” and that “now people do not hear such explosions.”
