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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that only a Nazi would commit such a crime on the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II, commenting on Russia's attack.

Yahidne, Chernihiv
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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Post

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that only a Nazi would commit such a crime on the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

During the occupation in March 2022, Russian invaders held all the villagers in the school basement for almost a month. 350 adults and children were left without food, water, and medicine. There was less than a square meter for each person: they had to sleep seated or standing.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

80 years ago, millions of Ukrainians fought to defeat Nazism forever. But today, Ukrainians are once again standing up to evil, which reemerged, returned, and wants to destroy us again. It's an army of a fiend that kills, tortures and wipes peaceful cities and villages off the face of the Earth. This evil is called Russian fascism, or RF for short.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Among the villagers they held in the basement were 80 children. The youngest hostage was a month and a half old.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Everyone in the world can understand what Putin's Russia is by imagining themself here, in this basement, among these people, without light, food, water, medicine, and air, in a room with less than a meter per person. They slept seated. They went outside only once. They ate 200 grams of soup a day. The men were stripped naked in the freezing cold to find Ukrainian tattoos.

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Extracted: 2026-02-18T21:15:11.440Z

Source story: 7454736