Nikolayev was attacked by the Russian army for days, and his remains were too numerous to fit in the morgue, and might only be piled on the snow. Image: Retrieved from Twitter Jeremy Gray @jgray78
Russia invaded Ukraine and the war was raging. The Ukrainian city of Nikolayev was attacked by the Russian army for days. The local morgue staff said that new corpses were brought in every day. On the snow, “I’ve never seen anything like this before.”
Mykolayiv is the most important checkpoint for the Russian army to Odessa. The two armies have been fighting here for several days. The Ukrainian military has only recently regained control of the local airport.
Olga Dierugina, director of the local Institute of Forensic Medicine, said that following the war began, more than 120 bodies were received here, including regarding 80 soldiers and 30 civilians. Among them, the youngest is a 3-year-old child, and the oldest is regarding 70 years old.
“We’ve never seen anything like this before,” said Vladimir, a mortuary worker. “We thought the worst thing that would happen here would be a car accident.” young.
Diyelkina said that some remains are difficult to identify. Soldiers can rely on military registration cards, while civilians can only be identified by DNA samples, or by registering physical features, tattoos, jewelry, etc. She also said, “They are all young, born in 1990. years, or even 2000,” she also said, fearing that her own children would also be attacked.
Dierukina said the situation was under control, but if the situation continued to deteriorate, “we will go directly to a humanitarian catastrophe”.
