The Ukraine village scarred by Russian occupation

As Russian forces retreat to eastern Ukraine, horrors are bring uncovered in the villages they have left

About 1,000 people lived in Andriivka, some 60km away from the capital Kviv. At least 40 of them were killed, Qazet.az reports.

Anton Ischenko had just celebrated his 23rd birthday when he was led away by Russian forces at gunpoint from his home in Andriivka.

His family found his body a month later once Russian forces were driven out. He was so badly mutilated that they had to identify him by his clothes.

"Maybe if he had gone to fight somewhere else, he would have returned here in one piece," says Anton's grandmother, Tetiana, struggling to speak through her tears.

"When my husband told the Russians, 'Take me instead,' they pointed a machine gun at him and said, 'Go home, or we will take you both.'"

The village of Andriivka has been blighted by war and the Russian occupation. Buildings are ripped apart amid a mess of rubble and tangled metal.