Battered war trophies incite raw emotions in Ukraine's capital

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KYIV - For Valeriy Stavichenko, the sight of mangled Russian war equipment perched along the pavement in downtown Kyiv triggers feelings of bliss in the heart of the 71-year-old Soviet Army veteran.

"I'm happy," he said with a grin after inspecting the pockmarked tail of a downed Russian fighter jet.

The display outside the National Museum of Military History - featuring the fighter jet's tail and a smashed infantry fighting vehicle - was unveiled last week as part of a project dreamed up by another Ukrainian veteran. For weeks, Netesov witnessed the brutal toll of the war first-hand as a volunteer member of the Ukrainian military deployed in Kyiv's suburbs, where he helped beat back Russian forces while also collecting equipment, weapons, and keepsakes from the battlefield.

The sight of the conflict's detritus just blocks from President Volodymyr Zelensky's war-time headquarters triggered a range of reactions from passersby - blank stares, selfies and brief chuckles.A pedestrian passes a Russian plane wreckage outside the National Museum of Military History of Ukraine in Kyiv. PHOTO: AFP

 

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