Ukraine: Areas held by Russian troops re-open to residents
Hostomel was one of the first villages around Kyiv to be attacked by Russian forces. It was occupied for 35 days but is now due to re-open to its former residents.
Dmytro Lisovyy managed to escape the city along with his family before his parents鈥� house was taken over by Russian forces.
He tells Newsday he has no plans to return anytime soon: 鈥淭hey lived in our house. They stole things. They destroyed some things鈥� it is too dangerous to return there鈥� we have no electricity, no gas and bridges have been destroyed. Even if you have a home there, you have no place to return.鈥�
(Picture: A grave is marked with a cross in the backyard of a private house in Hostomel, Ukraine. Credit: EPA/OLEG PETRASYUK)
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