Zelensky commemorates ordeal of villagers held captive in basement

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday paid tribute to the courage of nearly 400 residents of a village in north Ukraine who were held in a school basement under Russian occupation for 27 days before they were set free a year ago.
The Ukrainian leader travelled to Yahidne, where he gave an emotional speech recalling how villagers were kept captive in a space less than 200 square metres during the first month of Russia’s February 2022 invasion.
He said that 11 people died during the ordeal.
"These people somehow lived and waited for Ukraine in the dark," said Zelenskiy who appeared visibly moved on the anniversary. "They lived standing and sitting."
Mr Zelensky was joined on the visit to Yahidne, a village in Chernihiv region, by German vice-chancellor Robert Habeck and Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejcinovic Buric.

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