According to Ukrainian officials, Ukrainian civilians were executed and left lying on the streets of Bucha, Ukraine, and hundreds of people were buried in mass graves in the city, which is just outside the capital Kyiv.
Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podoliak has shared a photo that appears to show dead bodies lying with their hands tied behind their backs in the streets of Bucha. Podoliak said the people were shot dead by Russian troops.
“These people were not in the military. They had no guns. They posed no threat,” he said tweeted. “How many more such cases are currently occurring in the occupied territories?”
Ukraine announced on Saturday that it had regained full control of the Kyiv region after Russian troops withdrew from the area.
Later on Saturday, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry tweeted a video showing Ukrainian forces driving through Bucha. The video shows sensitive content: bodies scattered throughout the city.
“The Ukrainian city of Bucha was in the hands of [Russian] animals for several weeks. *Local civilians were arbitrarily executed*, some with their hands tied behind their backs, their bodies scattered on city streets,” the ministry tweeted.
In addition to the bodies scattered on the street, Bucha Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk told AFP that 280 people were buried in mass graves.
“All these people were shot,” he told the outlet.
AFP reported that its journalists saw at least 20 bodies lying on a single street.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Saturday that Russian troops had left mines and captured explosive devices.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of war crimes in his invasion of Ukraine, which he launched more than a month ago. Bombings of civilian facilities in the city of Mariupol, including a maternity hospital and a theater, killing hundreds, have been condemned as war crimes, along with a string of other Russian attacks.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Saturday she was “appalled” by the pictures taken in Bucha and said she was working to collect evidence of war crimes.
“Reports of Russian forces targeting innocent civilians are abhorrent,” she said tweeted. “The UK is working with others to gather evidence and support [International Criminal Court] War Crimes Investigation. Those responsible will be held accountable.”
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