Villagers Forced to Starve as Russian Forces Devoured Chickens, Pigs and Dogs

Russian soldiers occupied villages in Chernihiv Oblast, locking nearly 400 people, including infants, in a basement where parents kept them. gave leftover rations for a month Russian soldiers occupied villages in Chernihiv Oblast, locking up nearly 400 people (

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Children aided by Russian forces were reportedly starved as villagers' food stocks and livestock were devoured.

Russian soldiers occupied villages in Chernihiv Oblast, locking nearly 400 people, including infants, in a basement.

The imprisoned families were reportedly given rations while eating the villagers' meat, cheese, pigs and even dogs eaten by Russian soldiers.

Villagers were banned from using phones and threatened with violence and beatings if they stepped out of line.

A family from the village of Yahidne was detained with 377 others in a school basement for almost a month as the parents gave the children their megre food rations, Ukraine reports.

The village of Yahidne is located on a highway 10 kilometers south of Chernihiv. It gained notoriety as a torture site.

A man described his experience to Euromaiden Press: "From the first day they arrived, I stayed in the basement."

Villagers were reportedly banned from using phones and threatened with violence and beatings if they broke ranks (

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On the torture and violence towards locals, he added, "It's disgusting. I don't want to remember that.

"My son served the ear...