War in Ukraine LIVE: An international conference in Switzerland to discuss the reconstruction of… – 20 Minutes

8:45 a.m .: In Boutcha, victory first, reconstruction laterThree months have passed since AFP journalists discovered, on April 2, 20 dead civilian bodies, the first indications of the atrocities and destruction committed during the Russian occupation from the northwestern suburbs of kyiv: Boutcha, Irpine, Borodianka. At the beginning of July, the scars of the fighting are still visible everywhere: broken windows, bullet holes, holed walls. Along Vokzalnaïa avenue, which connects Boutcha to Irpin, destroyed or seriously damaged buildings follow one another, houses, apartment buildings, shops, shopping center. Reconstruction however does not seem to be the main concern of the inhabitants for the instant. Even if many of them, who had fled the Russian occupation, have been back for several weeks already. The fear of a new Russian offensive on the region is in everyone’s mind. In recent days, rumors of an imminent attack from Belarus – whose border is only a hundred kilometers to the north – are are amplified. Fueled by statements by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Vladimir Putin’s first ally, who on Saturday accused the Ukrainians of firing missiles at his country and threatened to retaliate.