The city of Bucha Ukrainian was the scene of celebrations and honors on Sunday, on the eve of the third anniversary of the liberation of the city of the Russian occupation.
The tribute to dead soldiers, including those who defended Bucha in the first days of the Russian invasion, took place in the city’s cemetery. The residents, family, friends and colleagues of the dead soldiers joined in this place, where they put flowers in the camps and ignited candles.
The leader of the kyiv Regional Military Administration, Mykola Kalashnyk, was present and went to the population, remembering the atrocities committed by Russia. In less than 33 days of occupation, 561 people were killed.
The Russian troops occupied a bushing shortly after the launch of the total invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and remained for approximately one month.
When the Ukrainian troops resumed control of the city, they found what became known as The epicenter of the atrocities of this war.
Common civil ditches were discovered and thousands of war crimes documented after the city’s reconquest in March 2022.
This year’s celebrations were persecuted by the latest political developments, with many Ukrainians to express their Disheveled with respect to the state of the negotiations of Alto El Fuego with Russia.
According to military and government analysts of Ukraine, Russian forces are preparing to launch a new military offensive in the coming weeks to maximize kyiv’s pressure and strengthen Kremlin’s negotiation position in high -fire conversations.
Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accused Russia of prolonging high -fire negotiations in a Try to gain time and gain more territory to Ukraine.
One of the soldiers present in the tribute in the bushing was against any commitment in negotiations with Russia.
“I learned so many men, my fighters. Why did they fight? To give in these territories? It is written in our Constitution that this is our territory, ”said soldier Ihor Lvutin.
“Are you supposed to dishonor our Constitution? And to give all this to the enemy? So I say no. In any way.”