Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Bucha today. His face says it all.

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23. True. Sickening enough to see in brief news clips.

But imagine having to walk through that. You have to pick your way through, carefully, because of the uneven ground, all the wreckage on that uneven ground, possible land mines and you can’t be sure where they are, bodies strewn about, and if, as I’ve observed in the coverage, they’ve been lying there long enough to stiffen up, some with visible torture evidence…

And the stench of death and explosions and gunpowder ….

ANYBODY who is there, whether Red Cross volunteers or media people or other soldiers and support personnel - if they survive this, they’re ALL going to need psychological counseling and assistance - and that’s not counting those who are wounded as well, and needing medical treatment.

It’s painful and horrifying to see, from our own safe distance. To BE there is quite another thing entirely. The word “apocalyptic” is being used - and understandably so.

I just heard the correspondent, CNN’s Phil Black, make the point that “for those who lived through it, it’s unlikely ever to be forgiven.”

Damn.

No kidding.