"I survived Bucha": an interview with Katya Savchenko
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Today, we break from the normal programme to interview Bucha survivor, Katya Savchenko.
Before the 24th February, the town of Bucha was known as, an attractive suburb, north west of Kyiv.
During the early part of the invasion, it was the scene of heavy fighting as Ukrainian and Russian forces battled for control. For weeks, the town was under Russian occupation and, soon after they were pushed back, horrendous stories of murder, rape and torture emerged from civilians who had stayed in the town.
Katya Savchenko stayed in Bucha. She survived, many of the people she met, didn’t.
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| 1:05.0 | Before the 24th of February, the town of Butcher was known as an attractive suburb, |
| 1:08.9 | north-west of Kiev. During the early part of the invasion, it was the scene of heavy fighting |
| 1:13.6 | as Ukrainian and Russian forces battled for control. For weeks, the town was under Russian |
| 1:18.4 | occupation, and soon after they were pushed back by the Ukrainian army, horrendous stories of murder, |
| 1:24.4 | rape and torture emerged from civilians who had stayed in the town. |
| 1:29.5 | Katya stayed in Butcher. She survived. Many of the people she met didn't. Here's her story. |
| 1:39.9 | Well, Katya, thank you very much for your time. Thank you very much for talking to us. |
| 1:44.0 | Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? |
| 1:47.6 | Yeah, sure. Like what I can tell about myself. I'm originally from Hodlovka. |
| 1:52.0 | It's east of Ukraine. It's like Donbass region. I was living there for 18 years. |
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