The Russians left quickly on the night of March 30th, bolting the door and ordering Yahidne’s residents not to leave the basement until morning. In their rush, the soldiers left behind equipment and stark insights into their primitive ways. Cigarettes, bottles, human waste and stolen clothes—bras included—still litter their dugouts and sleeping quarters in the school’s ground floors. Outside the school, just beyond six white body bags, is a crate of military propaganda.
The Russians left quickly on the night of March 30th, bolting the door and ordering Yahidne’s residents not to leave the basement until morning. In their rush, the soldiers left behind equipment and stark insights into their primitive ways. Cigarettes, bottles, human waste and stolen clothes—bras included—still litter their dugouts and sleeping quarters in the school’s ground floors. Outside the school, just beyond six white body bags, is a crate of military propaganda.
