Ukraine war: The man who came back from the dead
How one man became the sole surviving witness to one of the worst atrocities of the war in Ukraine
The incredible story of Ivan Skyba, the sole survivor of one of the worst atrocities of the war in Ukraine. In March 2022, Russian troops shot dead eight unarmed men in a mass execution in the town of Bucha, outside Kiev. But incredibly, one man who the Russians thought they’d killed , managed to survive the massacre. The BBC’s special correspondent Fergal Keane travelled to Ukraine to uncover what happened and meet Ivan Skyba, the man who came back from the dead.
Photo: Ivan Skyba who survived the massacre at 144 Yablunska Street in Bucha, Ukraine (BBC)
Reporter: Fergal Keane
Producers: Orsi Szoboszlay and Alex Last
Fixers: Sofiia Kochmar-Tymoshenko, Viacheslav Shramovych, Rostyslav Kubik
Series Editor: Penny Murphy
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- Thu 14 Jul 2022 01:32GMTBBC World Service
- Thu 14 Jul 2022 08:06GMTBBC World Service
- Thu 14 Jul 2022 12:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa, South Asia, West and Central Africa & East Asia only
- Thu 14 Jul 2022 19:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Sun 17 Jul 2022 11:32GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
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