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The war, which began with Russia's invasion of Ukraine last February, has passed more than a year.

In the meantime, many people lost their lives or were injured, separated from their families, and had to leave their hometowns.

Ahead of the New Year, our reporters visited Ukraine again to hear the stories of the victims.



Kwak Sang-eun is a correspondent.



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On the way to Bucha, a small town northwest of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, you can see tanks and vehicles that have been abandoned indiscriminately.



You can easily find traces of bombing, burning, and burning everywhere in Bucha.



At the end of March, it was found that 450 civilians were massacred in Bucha, which the Russian army had occupied for over a month and then retreated, causing outrage from the international community.



In the neighborhood cemetery, which has doubled in size, funerals for soldiers who lost their lives on the battlefield are still held every day.



I met Sergii, a young man in his 20s, among those who tend to his family's graves for the end of the year.



[Sergiyi / Survivors of victims of 'Russian military war crimes': My father was killed by the Russian army in March.]



While the son went to a neighboring village to find food, the father was shot by a sudden Russian soldier without knowing why. suffered.



[Sergiy / Survivors of 'Russian Military War Crimes' Victims: When they returned and found the body, they found out that they had shot their father three times, one in the head and one in the chest.]


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When street fighting broke out in Irpin, a small town adjacent to Bucha, Mr. Zegna took up arms as a citizen militia.



He had to watch before his eyes as his home was in ruins and several of his friends and neighbors lost their lives.



[Zenya/'Citizen's Army Activity' Irpin Resident: I often think of things at that time.

Horrible memories are not easily erased.]



[Psychologist at Ilona/Kiu Mental Health Support Organization: Not only the soldiers who participated in the battle or those who stayed in the Russian occupation zone, but all Ukrainians will eventually have the trauma of the war.]



Russian Tank No trace of bodies has now been wiped from the streets where swarms of soldiers were advancing and Ukrainian civilians were dragged and killed with their hands tied behind their backs.



However, those who survived are still unable to escape the tragedy of the time.



(Video coverage: Kim Si-nae, Video editing: Lee Seung-hee)