Elissa Slotkin tweeted the following:
"4/ Many Americans, myself included, associate atrocities like these with the horrors of WWII. This was the first time Ive seen a fresh mass grave in person, and doing so in Europe and in 2022 took my breath away."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Elissa Slotkin:
"3/ There was one that struck me deeply: a dog sitting patiently waiting for his owner to get up, not knowing that he had been shot dead in the street. It was a haunting sight, the kind that stays with you long after youve departed."Read on Twitter
"2/ We visited St. Andrews Church, where 116 civilians were hastily buried in a mass grave, many hog-tied & shot in the head. The Ukrainians have taken care to document these crimes for future tribunals, so in the church sanctuary we saw photos taken just months before."Read on Twitter
"Id heard & read much about the Kyiv suburb of Bucha after the reports of Russias war crimes broke this spring, but as we toured the town with local leaders & stood near the hallowed ground of a mass grave just 3 months old, I still grew more emotional than I had anticipated. 1/"Read on Twitter
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