Decapitated bodies of Ukrainian servicemen, human feces, terrorized teenagers who were too scared to leave the basement where they hid: this is a small part of the picture left behind by Russian troops when Ukrainian troops captured large areas of Kharkiv region, says Lesya Vasylenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, reports The Guardian.

At least 150,000 Ukrainians lived under Russian occupation for almost the entire time of the invasion. By September 6, Ukrainian troops had recaptured more than 300 settlements in the Kharkiv region, returning more than 3,800 square kilometers of territory occupied by the Russians.

• “The release exposes many crimes. We seem to be approaching hundreds, if not thousands, of Bucha mouths, only on a smaller scale,” Vasylenko said, referring to the mass burials of civilians and evidence of torture discovered in Bucha when Ukrainian troops recaptured Kyiv.

• “But regardless of the scale, there will be tribunals, retribution and justice,” she adds.
• “Decapitated corpses of Ukrainian soldiers. They shot and tortured civilians. The number will rise and investigations will continue.
• Robbed houses. The military in Russia take everything, even underwear. And at the same time they leave their weapons.
• Complete chaos in houses, churches, on the streets. It’s as if toilets are unknown to Russians. Human feces everywhere”