Death and defiance in a Bucha neighbourhood that was held by Russian troops

Civilian sports bags lashed to the roof of Russian military vehicles with a "V" symbol are pictured at the apartment complex on Vodoprovidna Street, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha, Ukraine, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on April 6, 2022. Oleksii Tarasevich/Handout via REUTERS

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BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Set in a quiet, tree-lined neighbourhood of the Ukrainian town of Bucha, an apartment complex on Vodoprovidna street has neatly trimmed verges with pedestrian walkways. Number 34a Vodoprovidna is one of a clutch of modern apartment buildings that back on to a kindergarten. Residents are largely middle class: Vasyl Nedashkivskiy, who fitted PVC windows, lived on the fifth floor with his wife, Tetyana, and their dog, Nika. Another resident is a child psychologist and a third, Oleksii Tarasevich, a nanotechnology engineer.