‘No Obvious Military Target Here’: Reporter in Ruins of Ukrainian Village Says Russia ‘Decimated’ For No Reason

Britain’s Independent Television News (ITV), documented the harrowing aftermath of the overnight Russian shelling of a small Ukrainian village on Thursday morning.

The shelling of Yakivlivka left at least four people dead and decimated the town’s infrastructure and homes.

“This is a normal Ukrainian village, which has been smashed to smithereens for no reason that I can see of,” ITV correspondent Dan Rivers said, reporting live from the scene.

“There is no obvious military target here. There is no garrison of troops. There is no significant infrastructure,” Rivers added.

“It just seems to be a normal Ukrainian village that has paid the price of this war.”

#Russia “decimated” & “smashed to smithereens” the village of Yakivlivka overnight — “for no obvious reason,” per @danriversitv:pic.twitter.com/Eey5SSKM19

— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) March 3, 2022

ITV reported on its website that Rivers spoke to a woman named Natasha, who was “sheltering nine people in her home, including young children, when the shelling hit.”

“Shockwaves from the blast ripped through every room – lacerating those inside with glass,” ITV reported.

“There are all these mothers who don’t understand, who don’t have information in Russia about what is happening here,” Natasha said, offering sympathy for the families of Russian soldiers.

“Their children are being killed, they are being used as cannon fodder.”

“They are cannon fodder; we are cannon fodder,” Natasha concluded.

Watch the full clip above, via ITV News