via Associated Press Vladimir Putin, April 14, 2022 in Moscow.
WAR IN UKRAINE – While the mayor of Boutcha, Anatoly Fedorouk, announced on Friday April 15 that a total of more than 400 bodies had been found in his city since the withdrawal of Russian troops, Vladimir Putin drew a brigade on Monday from, who was accused of taking part in the abuses.
According to the Kremlin, the Russian president has signed a decree giving the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade the “honorary title ‘Guards'” for “heroism and tenacity, determination and courage” of its men.
The skilful and decisive action of all employees [de la brigade] during the special military operation in Ukraine are a paragon of fulfillment of military duties, courage, determination and great professionalism, Vladimir Putin wrote to the military.
French gendarmes sent to Boutcha
The Kremlin does not say where these men are or were stationed, or specify their missions.
Ukraine has accused the Russian army, and in particular the 64th brigade in question, of carrying out a massacre of civilians in Boutcha, which was discovered after Russian soldiers withdrew on March 30.
Russia denies and blames the Ukrainian authorities and Western media for orchestrating the massacre or the Ukrainian armed forces for committing it, accusing Moscow of doing so. The discovery of the bodies of these civilians had caused a stir on the international stage.
The police chief of the Kyiv region, Andriï Nebitov, said on Friday that “95% of the people in this north-western suburb of Kyiv were shot with sniper rifles or other small arms”.
French gendarmes are currently working with Ukrainian investigators in Boutcha to set up a procedure to examine and identify the bodies.
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