Aerial Footage Of Ukrainian Town Reveals Devastation After Russian Attack

Fires could still be seen smoldering in what used to be a row of high-rise apartment buildings on the main street of Borodyanka on March 3. The small town 50 kilometers northwest of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, came under Russian air strikes and artillery shelling the previous day.

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[Johnny_Savage]

"We'll only target strategic military infrastructures." - Russia

[sach]

All the people who lived there and had there loved things there have to see it vanish to nothing because of a few heartless people, devastating

[devendramalla]

Putin is a Monster in a Different Level.

[cole]

The history of mid-Eastern Europe is a tragedy. In a century’s time there has been the holocaust, concentration camps, the beginnings of both World Wars, famines, droughts, communist rationing, mass censorship overnight, and unnecessary death & destruction on a ridiculous scale.

[Avataan]

And still you see comments (mostly from people in africa and asia but also southern europe (serbia) ) defending russia. Improtant to remember after this who our enemies are.

[gloriaa.garcia]

This makes me so sad to see so many senseless lives lost & so much damage to a beautiful country.

[Vladynko]

In Czechoslovakia, it used to say that nothing good had ever come from Russia. And it is a truth that has become a reality again and again. Just like in Hungary in 1956 or in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Russia is a cesspool that does not belong to the civilized Europe of the 21st century. And I am sorry for the ordinary citizens of this country, who have been drawn into a situation with which they again disagree only because of dirty politics.

[rmp]

This makes me so sad, such horrible scenes from such a beautiful land like Ukraine :(
I will pray for Ukraine, and do what I can for my local ukrainian community "Lesja Ukrajinka" greetings from Croatia!
Slava Ukraini!

[somerandomdude]

One and a half weeks before that, family were living there in peace. Kids were playing. And now its like, this its so sad. Stay strong we stand with Ukraine and I'm sorry for all russians who are being forced to obey but if nobody obeys him he has no power so stay strong and use your voice 🇺🇦

[steveh]

What a war criminal. All of those poor innocent people.

[cyin]

My first impression was that it's some post-apocalyptic cinematic scene, but then I realised that it's reality 😢

[Lu_thuong]

It takes 3 years to build, but only one hour to destroy everything.

[jocko]

Russia will pay to rebuild Ukraine. You can count on that. Slava Ukraini!

[Antraeon]

Afghanistan was occupied by the Soviet Union for at least a few months before they stopped caring about whether targets were military or civilian. For the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine, it took less than a week.

[MadMax-iigq]

Imagine living there and then this happens. Random civilians shouldn’t be a part of this. War is cruel and heartless.

[enshongmiranda]

Putin's peacekeeping operation accurately targeting residential buildings.

[Sacrer]

50 thousand people used to live here. Now, it's a ghost town.

[joepatroni]

you can thank ONE man for all this, if you can call him that

[BrendaF]

Yeah..and the captured soldiers want us to believe they thought THIS “was just a military exercise?” 🤔

[juniorking]

a beautiful country was destroyed destroyed.