Borodianka massacre

The Borodianka massacre was the killing and abuse of Ukrainian civilians by Russian Armed Forces during the fight for and occupation of the Ukrainian city of Borodianka amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

See also: Claims of genocide of Ukrainians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Borodianka massacre
Part of the Bombing of Borodianka and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Borodianka massacre (Ukraine)
Location in Ukraine
LocationBorodianka, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
DateMarch 2022
TargetCivilians
Deaths80 (per Ukraine)
PerpetratorsRussian Armed Forces

As of April 22, 2022, according to the Chief of Police of the Kyiv Oblast Andriy Nebytov, more than 80 bodies were found in Borodianka.[1]

History

On 26 March 2022, Russia, repelled from Kyiv, progressively withdrew from the region to concentrate on Donbas.[2] Borodianka's mayor said that as the Russian convoy had moved through the town, Russian soldiers had fired through every open window. He estimated at least 200 dead.[3]

Only a few hundred residents remained in Borodianka by the time the Russians withdrew, with roughly 90% of residents having fled,[4] and an unknown number dead in the rubble.[5] The retreating Russian troops placed mines throughout the town.[4]

On April 4, 2022, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova stated that the situation in Borodianka regarding the mass murders is the worst.[6][7] On April 7, she noted that 26 bodies had been found under the rubble of only two destroyed buildings.[8] President Volodymyr Zelensky subsequently said that the death toll at Borodianka was "even worse" than at Bucha.[9][10][11]

During a search organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for representatives of Ukrainian and foreign media, Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky said that Borodianka was one of the most devastated settlements in the Kyiv Oblast, stressing that it was another crime against humanity. According to the minister, emergency services began dismantling the debris a month ago, when it was still possible to rescue people, but the enemy began firing on them and their equipment. The next day everything happened again and after that rescuers did not have access to the ruins. Therefore, search and rescue operations were able to resume only after the liberation of the city, when there were no survivors.

In April 2022, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine published data from the Russian military's 234th Assault Regiment. This unit, in particular, committed genocide of the Ukrainian people in Borodianka.[12]

References
  1. "Поліція: на Київщині виявили тіла 1084 цивільних, більшість – вбиті стрілецькою зброєю" (in Ukrainian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 22 April 2022.
  2. "Massacre de Boutcha : ce que l'on sait sur la découverte des corps de civils" [Bucha massacre: what we know about the discovery of civilian corpses]. Le Monde.fr (in French). 5 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  3. "Guerre en Ukraine : la ville de Borodyanka dévastée par les frappes russes" [War in Ukraine: The town of Borodianka devastated by Russian strikes]. Franceinfo (in French). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. Sullivan, Becky (7 April 2022). "Ukrainians return to Borodyanka after Russian withdrawal and find their town in ruins". NPR. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. "Ukraine : à Borodianka, la difficulté d'extraire les cadavres" [Ukraine: In Borodianka, the difficulty of extracting cadavers]. Europe 1 (in French). 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  6. "Найгірша ситуація щодо людських жертв у Бородянці, - Венедіктова". Ukrinform. 4 April 2022.
  7. Найбільше жертв у Бородянці — Венедіктова про масові вбивства росіянами на Київщині Archived 4 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine // TSN. — 2022. — 4 April.
  8. "Венедіктова: у Бородянці під руїнами лише двох будинків знайшли 26 загиблих". www.radiosvoboda.org/. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 7 April 2022.
  9. Senneville, Frédéric (8 April 2022). "Ukraine : le bilan à Borodianka s'annonce 'bien plus horrible' qu'à Boutcha, affirme Zelensky" [Ukraine: The death toll in Borodianka proves 'even more horrible' than in Bucha, reports Zelenskyy]. TF1 (in French). Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  10. Senneville, Frédéric (8 April 2022). "Guerre en Ukraine : Borodianka pire que le massacre de Boutcha ? L'angoisse des autorités ukrainiennes" [War in Ukraine: Borodianka worse than the Bucha massacre? The anguish of the Ukrainian authorities]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). ISSN 2100-0573. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  11. Henley, Jon (8 April 2022). "Russia laments 'tragedy' of troop deaths as Zelenskiy warns of atrocities in Borodianka". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  12. "Розвідка опублікувала дані окупантів, які вчиняли геноцид у Бородянці". RBC Ukraine (in Russian). Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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