Russian forces leave trail of destruction in Chernihiv
By DW
10 May 2022 |
7:23 am
Chernihiv survived weeks of Russian siege. DW's Alexandra von Nahmen visited the city, where death and destruction is all that the retreating Russian forces left behind.
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