An industrial city just five kilometres from the Russian border, Vovchansk, in northeastern Ukraine, has been almost entirely erased. All that remains of its factories, medical school and residential districts, once home to around 20,000 people, is an expanse of smouldering ruins. "It began on the 10th of May, the outright extermination of every living thing," recalls Raisa Zymovska, a Vovchansk resident whose husband was killed as they fled.
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00:00It reminds me of Bakhmut, Yevdiyevka. The enemy is always mass shooting and today the city is almost ruined. 90% of the city is ruined. It can be said that the city almost does not exist.
00:30The city of Yevdiyevka was founded in the 13th century.
00:40The city was founded in the 13th century.
00:50The city of Yevdiyevka was founded in the 13th century.
01:05The city of Yevdiyevka was founded in the 13th century.
01:20We began to see the infantry on the outskirts of the city of Lovchansk.
01:30We began to see the infantry on the outskirts of the city of Lovchansk.
01:40We began to see the infantry on the outskirts of the city of Lovchansk.
01:50We began to see the infantry on the outskirts of the city of Lovchansk.
02:00We began to see the infantry on the outskirts of the city of Lovchansk.
02:10We began to see the infantry on the outskirts of the city of Lovchansk.
02:20We began to see the infantry on the outskirts of the city of Lovchansk.
02:30We began to see the infantry on the outskirts of the city of Lovchansk.
02:40We began to see the infantry on the outskirts of the city of Lovchansk.
02:50We began to see the infantry on the outskirts of the city of Lovchansk.
03:00We began to see the infantry on the outskirts of the city of Lovchansk.
03:10We began to see the infantry on the outskirts of the city of Lovchansk.
03:20She was sure that the Nazis lived in Ukraine.
03:30She believed that Russia would not do anything bad to the Ukrainians.
03:40She was totally under Russian propaganda.
03:48When I saw her ruined house, I realized that she did not want to leave.
03:58When I saw her ruined house, I realized that she did not want to leave.
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