Borodianka, 425А Tsentralna St.

STORY

Russian troops did not spare any munitions in bombarding the small town of Borodianka in Kyiv Oblast — since the very first days of the invasion, russian fighter jets had been blasting it off the map with aircraft bombs.

Dmytro, a resident of the apartment block at 425 Tsentralna Street, was initially hiding in the building’s basement with his neighbors. Later, in the middle of the night, he moved downtown, running in short bursts, and on March 1st, he finally managed to escape to Zahaltsi village, from where he headed to the Western part of Ukraine.

Dmytro was one of the first to return home after the liberation. What he saw there rather resembled the scenes from a post-apocalyptic horror movie – burned buildings, gaping windows, glass shards, ominously croaking crows and the wind howling in the hallways of residential buildings mutilated by shells. 

Dmytro’s flat was one of the very few apartments in the building that were left intact. Even looters somehow stood away from it. His mother says that it was thanks to two Bibles lying on the table near the entrance door. Actually, it was the very first thing Dmytro noticed, when he entered the flat. The Bibles had been lying on the table all this time, as if guarding his home. 

DESCRIPTION

The five-storey building at 425A Tsentralna Street in Borodianka requires a major overhaul with restoration of the load-bearing structural framework.

The building’s total footprint is 3 181,5 sq.m.

Before the full-scale invasion, it used to have 205 residents.