The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has a peculiar “cemetery”, one that recalls some of the worst damage done since the Russian invasion: the debris of rockets used against this town and its people.  Ukrainian authorities are collecting debris from missiles used against its citizens Prosecutors hope the debris may some day be used as evidence of war crimes Kharkiv’s civilians have suffered immensely from Russian strikes over the course of the invasion The graveyard has more than 1,000 missiles, or parts of them. Local authorities hope they can help provide information for any prosecution case against Russian authorities and soldiers. And one day, maybe, they will become part of a museum of the atrocities in the country. The bluish cylinders are lined up in rows according to their size, making an impressive if shocking sight from the air. Dmytro Chubenko, spokesman for the Kharkiv prosecutor’s office, said the rockets had been collected since the first attacks, and after some time officials decided to organise them by type. “These are pieces of evidence that an international criminal court would use,” he said. An aerial view of Kharkiv’s missile “cemetery”, where parts are sorted by size. ( AP Photo: Evgeniy Maloletka ) He said some specialists had already come to the city to analyse the material.  The missiles, he added, had been used against some important residential areas, like North Saltivka and Oleksiivka. He said authorities estimated at least 1,700 people had been killed by shelling, including 44 children, in Kharkiv and its surroundings. ‘We have lost everything’ In summer, the buildings in areas like Saltivka were severely damaged, some blackened and others crumbling. Putin says US Patriot air defence system outdated Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Russian military knows how to counter the US Patriot air defence system to be delivered to Ukraine. Read more There were practically no activities, with shops closed and apartments destroyed. The winter has not improved anything. “We have lost everything, and it is not clear at all what we can expect in the future,” said Anna, a North Saltivka resident who left months ago and who didn’t give her last name for security reasons. Ihor Deshpetko, 44, still lives in Kharkiv, despite what he has to suffer. “There is no heating in my house, [and] unfortunately there won’t be until the end of the winter,” he said, adding that he now tended to call the area he lives the “black neighbourhood”. Back in the missile “cemetery,” Chubenko, from the prosecutors’ office, said they would keep the rockets as long as needed so any expert or prosecutor could take the information needed to use as evidence against Russians. And after that? “I don’t know what will happen next,” he said. “Maybe we will make a museum.” AP