The apartment block in which Vitalii Lytvyn lived was chosen by Putin’s troops as their base. Here they lived, sorted and distributed their trophies: equipment, jewelry, people’s belongings. About a hundred apartments were damaged.

Vitalii documented the consequences of Russian soldiers staying in Bucha on video and photos. As a journalist and columnist for the Ukraine 24 channel, he was among the first to return to the liberated city.