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 OSCE opens Living The War exhibition on Russian war crimes

23 February, 2024 Friday
13:14

The 'Living The War' exhibition, focusing on Russian war crimes during the invasion, was inaugurated at the Hofburg Congress Center in Vienna as part of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's winter session

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Ukrinform reported the information.

Members of parliamentary delegations, diplomats from OSCE participating states, and organization employees can use virtual reality goggles to view a 360-degree video of the war realities in Ukraine. Viewers can rotate around, look up and down, experiencing a sense of presence.

The exhibition also features doors from a multi-story residential building destroyed by Russia in Borodyanka, Kyiv region. Russian occupying forces bombed it on March 1, 2022: a Russian bomb completely destroyed an entire section of the building from the fifth to the first floor at 427 Central Street. That day, Russians destroyed eight multi-story buildings in the city, killing many residents under the rubble.

"This door is from the small Ukrainian town of Borodianka. Two years ago, this door was someone's home. We often say that my home is my fortress. Only two years ago, people had morning coffee and long conversations in the evening behind this door, as we often do. But now all this is gone - because of Russia's war of aggression," said Mykyta Poturaiev, head of the Ukrainian parliamentary delegation to the OSCE PA, during the opening of the exhibition.

The Ukrainian representative also emphasized that these doors are "a stark reminder of what can be in store for Ukraine and the world if Putin is not stopped."

"This is a powerful reminder that your support is extremely important for protecting people and ensuring our common victory," Poturaiev added.

The President of the OSCE PA, Pia Kauma, who visited Ukraine in early February, including Bucha, stated that such crimes as those shown in the 'Living The War' exhibition continue to occur in Ukraine. "We must provide all our support to Ukraine, its brave and courageous people, so that they can defeat the enemy," Kauma said.

Iryna Nedobor, Deputy Head of Service of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, said that the 'Living The War' project was developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and The Game Changers team "to show the world the truth about what is happening in Ukraine and what are the consequences of Russian aggression."

"In the video, you can see such cities as Bakhmut, Izium, Bucha, Borodyanka, Irpin, Kharkiv, and Kyiv. All these cities were filmed in the first days of the occupation with 360-degree cameras, and this makes it possible to feel and see with your own eyes what exactly was happening in those cities, by putting on glasses. That is, the effect of full presence, as if teleporting to Ukraine," Nedobor said.

The project has already been presented in a number of countries. It aims to tell the world about Russia's war crimes and help attract military, financial and humanitarian support for Ukraine.

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