Ravages of war on display

ANNIVERSARY: EXHIBITION OF UKRAINE CONFLICT OPENS AT FORMER NAZI BUNKER IN BERLIN »» Exhibits collected brought back from battle frontline.

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A permanent exhibition about the Ukraine war opens at a former Nazi bunker in Berlin on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion yesterday, to encourage continued support for Kyiv.

Weapons, other objects brought back from the frontlines and testimonies from the conflict have been collected by the Berlin Story Bunker, a museum housed in a former World War II air raid shelter in the German capital.

The aim is to raise public awareness about the “physical reality” of the conflict, museum curator Wieland Giebel said.

The Ukrainian section is being added to the existing permanent exhibitions focusing on Nazism and Germany from 1945 to the present day.

“Visitors to Germany can’t really imagine what war is like - we want to show it to them,” said Giebel, standing in front of the huge entrance to the bunker, built in 1943.

Germany is one of Ukraine's key backers; it is the biggest supplier of weapons to Kyiv in Europe and a major diplomatic ally.