On the day of the second anniversary of the liberation of Kyiv region from russian occupants, Bucha Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk said that over 11,000 internally displaced persons have settled in the city since then.

He said this during the telethon.

According to him, 509 civilians, including 12 children, were killed during the 30 days that russians were in the city. 

After the de-occupation, in addition to the returning residents of Bucha, the city received internally displaced persons from the east and south. 

"I am extremely pleased to say that the townspeople, no matter where they are in the world, have returned, and for many of them, more than 11 thousand residents, Bucha has become a second home - these are internally displaced persons from the east and south of Ukraine. So the community is large, the community actually needs development, but we will endure for the sake of our common victory," Fedoruk said.

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He also noted that the city actively joined the liquidation of the destruction left by the russians.

"Today, of course, two years after the de-occupation, thanks to our Armed Forces of Ukraine, we have recovered, restored almost everything that could be restored, that was subject to restoration. Of course, there are houses, apartment buildings, social facilities that are under construction because they had to be rebuilt from scratch," said the mayor of Bucha.

• On March 31, President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Bucha, where he honored the memory of Ukrainians killed by russians.