A mutilated car, which Ukrainians tried to escape from Russian occupation in Bucha but was shot, was brought to the German capital. The mutilated car stands on the prestigious Kurfürstendamm Boulevard and tells Germans the story of innocent killed Ukrainian women – three women and a 14-year-old girl died in the car, reports TSN.
Kurfürstendamm is one of the most expensive streets in Berlin, with fashionable shops and jewelry brands; wealthy Berliners stroll here, and tourists walk daily. Opposite are several cafes with large outdoor terraces. And right in the midst of this tranquility and prosperity is a mutilated, burned car of a German brand.
Volunteer Zhanna Kameneva was evacuating people in this van. At the beginning of March, she was taking Maria Ishchuk and Tamila Ishchenko with her 14-year-old daughter out of Bucha. However, the vehicle was shot by Russian soldiers.
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“They were leaving Bucha at the very moment when Russian troops were already in Bucha, but people were still trying to slip past them, and on one of the streets there was a hit from a grenade launcher. We see that all the force of the explosion occurred inside the cabin. It is unknown if anyone survived, but the car caught fire. The bodies lay there the entire time while Russian troops were in Bucha, and no one extracted them,” – says the project initiator Roman Semenyshyn-Braescu.
The husband of the deceased volunteer, a serviceman, allowed the car to be taken abroad so that Germans could see Russian crimes. “We explained that luxury does not exist in a situation where there is a war in the country, it doesn’t matter what kind of car you have, whether it is super expensive or not, Ukrainians found themselves in different statuses, in different cars,” – adds project participant Andriy Rodyuk.
The fact that the Germans supported the initiative and allowed the car to be unloaded in the middle of Berlin’s luxury district is a bold step for Germany. Recently, in the German capital itself, a display of damaged Russian equipment that was wanted to be placed in front of the Russian embassy was banned.
“This car is not civilian equipment, it is a car with a military history and a terrible end for people who tried to save themselves; I could have been on it, it could have been my German friends who we evacuated from Kyiv when the war started, it could have been my parents,” – says project co-organizer, designer Eva Herzog.