A Ukrainian mother writes contact information on the back of her child in the event of the death of her family

A Ukrainian mother wrote on her back the contact details of her two-year-old daughter in case her family was killed by Russian soldiers, the latest heart image emerging from the war.

Sasha Makoviy shared the image of her daughter Vira with her birthday and phone numbers inscribed with a pen on her body.

She went on Instagram: ‘I signed under Vira, and if something happened to us, someone would pick it up as a survivor.’

The mother explained that she wrote the message on the first day of the war as she heard explosions around her.

She said the family has now found safety, but wants to show the horrors of the war as Putin’s forces continue to attack civilians and children.

Sasha wrote in her Instagram post: ‘The photo shows Vir’s back on the first day of the war. I signed it with very shaking hands. But why would I tell you?

“You already know what it’s like when you wake up to the deafening and loud sounds of explosions that can be heard for tens of kilometers. I shivered like you for the first few hours.

‘Then an even crazier thought came to my mind:’ Why didn’t I tattoo her with this information? ‘

Sasha shared another picture of a handwritten contact card tucked into Vir’s jacket, showing her name, her parents ’name, and their phone numbers in case she divorced.

Others shared similar stories, with one person writing, “On the first day of the war, I did the same for my three-year-old son.

“And even though we’re with him in England now, the newspaper is always with him.”

Others said they sewed contact details into their children’s clothes and made them bracelets with emergency details.

It comes as evidence of Russia’s barbaric war crimes continues to accumulate, with satellite footage showing piles of civilians slaughtered in Bucha and horrific stories of rape and abuse.

A grandmother who lives in the town of Irpin, 13 miles north of Kievshe said she saw several soldiers raping a mother and her 15-year-old daughter.

Anna Schevchenko, 63, who described Russian soldiers as “animals”, accused the Kremlin war crimes and told MailOnline, ‘You wouldn’t believe what we spent there.

“The Russians were animals. They shot people trying to escape and left them on the street.

“Drunk Russians kicked the basement door and pulled the women out and raped them. One girl, barely 15 years old, raped several soldiers along with her mother.

‘They are animals. I hate them. One of my neighbors was shot in the back of the head by the Russians when he shot a stray dog ​​to eat because we were so hungry.

“But they looked at his hands and thought he was shooting at them, so they killed him even though he was old.”

Pictures taken in a city on the outskirts of Kiev on March 19 show dark objects scattered along the road that closely match the positions where Ukrainian soldiers who recaptured an area in front of Russian forces over the weekend found rotting corpses of civilians.

Russian forces were controlling the city at the time, which strongly suggests that it is PutinMen from Russia – and not from Kiev – who carried out the murders, despite claims by the Kremlin that the photos were staged.

Kyiv now says Russians killed at least 410 civilians in and around Bucha, while others were tortured and raped in what President Vladimir Zelensky described as “genocide”.

Officials warned that the massacre of hundreds of civilians could be just the tip of the iceberg.

More and more world leaders have expressed outrage and called for tougher sanctions against Moscow.

But Ukrainian officials have warned that more serious atrocities may have taken place in other areas nearby and that Bucha may be just the beginning.

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova told Ukrainian TV that a “similar humanitarian situation” as in Bucha also exists in other parts of the country from where Russian forces recently left, such as the areas around the northern cities of Sumy and Chernihiv.

She also said that the situation in Borodyanka, which is farther from Kiev and had been held back by Russian forces until recently, could be even worse.

Venedikt did not say what exactly happened in Borodjanka, but said that there was “the worst situation regarding the victims”.

It comes when President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Romanian parliament on Monday night in a video call in which the leader said that if Ukraine did not defend itself, it would commit atrocities like Pumpkin, “all over Ukraine”.

Zelensky, who was visibly emotional when he visited the city of Bucha on Monday to see the alleged crimes of Russian forces against Ukrainian civilians, shared grim videos during the speech showing areas littered with corpses.

“The army has tortured people and we have every reason to believe that many more have been killed,” Zelenskyy said. ‘Much more than we know now.’

The Ukrainian leader also called for tougher sanctions, saying that Russia should be deprived of all resources, especially economic ones, and said that the outcome of the war in Ukraine would decide the fate of the region.

Speaking at the address of the Ukrainian leader, the president of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, Marcel Ciolacu, said that the last few days had “shown us horrific images that overwhelmed and rebelled us all.”

“I support a speedy investigation by the International Criminal Court,” Ciolacu said.