massive scale and nothing to show for it. russia s military was humiliated by the ukrainians and caused a lot of harm in the process. and they ve devastated scores of families at irpin cemetery, the ne newly widowed weep. her husband fought alongside their son in irpin and died in his arms on the battlefield. yulia, killed by a russian mortar shell. and tetyana, her husband oleksandr promised he would come back in a few hours, but was killed defending their neighborhood. i m very proud of him, tatiana says. he s a hero. we have many people in ukraine who have not fled and are defending our home. sasha died just 200 meters from our house. laying the dead to rest, another sad task they ve become
reporter: we drove north this week, near ukraine s border with belarus, where some russian forces are now thought to be regrouping. on highways, the russians destroyed bridges when they left, so we took back roads, getting bogged down in the mud and making it out with a helping manned from the ukrainian military. the russian soldiers left the village of termakhivka just over a week ago. the streets are still littered with the wreck annual of war. tetyana and oksana told us the russian troops looted in kramatorsk, everything from silverware to children s clothes, bicycles, and washing machines. this security camera footage from belarus appears to show russian soldiers sending their stolen goods home. the behavior of russian troops in ukraine has been shocking to many, not just brutal, but apparently undisciplined. termakhivka is around 30 miles from the chernobyl nuclear plant, where russian forces have
my husband stayed. reporter: exhausted and frustrated, a volunteer suggests she try a bus to the border. there are line-ups for those too, standing room only to make the 50 mile journey to the pedestrian crossing to poland. 72-year-old cancer patient tetyana wanted to stay in kyiv but said the bombings were happening too close to home. crash, crash, crash, crash, crash. reporter: as darkness arrived, so did this family who said they drove three days across the country from a village near kharkiv, they re trying to figure out where they can stay the night, but seem resigned to sleeping in the car. oxana says her elderly mother and husband stayed behind. she not only has to get her own children to safety but her friend s daughters too. i don t know when this nightmare will end. i m so tired. reporter: back at the station, next train won t leave
Departments slammed over irregular expenditure of millions Transport, economic developments’ poor record a result of bad management, Bhisho legislature told PREMIUM
Nomazima Nkosi Senior council reporter 05 February 2021
The departments of transport and economic development came under fire from members of the Eastern Cape legislature on Thursday over the irregular expenditure of millions of rand.
The transport department incurred R1.6bn over a number of unspecified years with the figure standing at more than R180m for the 2019/2020 financial year.
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