The man who came back from the dead

The Documentary Podcast

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The incredibly story of Ivan Skyba, the sole survivor of one of the worst atrocities of the war in Ukraine. In March 2022, Russian troops shot dead eight unarmed men in a mass execution in the town of Bucha, outside Kiev. But incredibly, one man who the Russians thought they’d killed , managed to survive the massacre. The BBC’s special correspondent Fergal Keane traveled to Ukraine to uncover what happened and meet Ivan Skyba, the man who came back from the dead. Photo: Ivan Skyba who survived the massacre at 144 Yablunska Street in Bucha, Ukraine (BBC) Reporter: Fergal Keane Producers: Orsi Szoboszlay and Alex Last Fixers: Sofiia Kochmar-Tymoshenko, Viacheslav Shramovych, Rostyslav Kubik Series Editor: Penny Murphy Studio Mix: Graham Puddifoot and Neil Churchill Production Coordinators: Gemma Ashman and Iona Hammond

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0:00.0	It is an ordinary street in a quiet suburb and it's become notorious.
0:10.7	Yablonska street is nearly 6 kilometers long and runs in a straight line through
0:15.4	Buccia, a commuter town near Kiev in Ukraine.
0:19.8	It's become synonymous with Europe's new age of atrocity.
0:25.0	We saw nearly 10 people lying on the ground with their hands tightened at the back and
0:33.6	their t-shirts were on their head just to cover their face.
0:39.4	To be honest, I was terrified.
0:41.7	One of the soldiers told us, I want you to put some caps onto your daughter's heads in
0:49.3	order not to see what they are going to see.
0:52.8	Because what they see will stay in their minds forever.
0:58.6	They died outside a nondescript office building at number 144 Yablonska street.
1:04.5	Eight men, fathers, brothers, sons killed by Vladimir Putin's soldiers.
1:12.4	Before I was happy in my life was a dream.
1:16.8	I was happy in my life with my family with this child and after it is just emptiness.
1:26.5	Now the women who loved these men tell us the extraordinary story of what happened at
1:31.7	144 Yablonska street.
1:34.2	And we speak to a man the Russians believed they'd killed but who lived to bear witness.
1:42.6	We realized that we were being led to execution and we simply said goodbye to each other.
1:49.4	That was it.
1:53.0	It is the story of a war crime but also of courage against great odds and love in the face
1:59.6	of terror.
2:00.9	I'm Fergal Keen and this is assignment from the BBC World Service.
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