In the hell of the improvised cemetery of Izyoum, where hundreds of Ukrainians are buried: the story of the special envoy of Figaro

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The path that leads to horror bears the name of a poet.

Before, however, following Shakespeare Street into the forest led to an ordinary cemetery, the place was even pleasant.

The giant pines still distill a golden light on the marble caskets where the portraits of the dead stare at each other.

But all around, trenches scratch the ground.

Some are huge: they sheltered armored vehicles.

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From this position, for six months, Russian soldiers shelled the Ukrainian army and civilians from here.

Then, at the very end of the cemetery, the flowered graves become an expanse of light wooden crosses.

There are 443. Some display a number as well as the name of the deceased, written by hand using a black marker.

Dates, sometimes, range from the months of March – before the start of the Russian occupation – to September, before the national army retook the area a week ago.

Others say nothing.

And then, further on, a pit...

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