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Bucha Residents Recall Barbarity of Russian Troops

By The Guardian.

Published April 11, 2022 at 2:49 pm

Murder perpetrated by occupying Russian forces before they withdrew. A buried body in a mass grave in the town of Bucha. near Kyiv on April 3, 2022. Ukraine and Western nations on April 3 accused Russian troops of war crimes after the discovery of mass graves and executed civilians, prompting vows of action at the International Criminal Court. Bucha mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk said at least 280 other bodies had been buried in mass graves. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

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More and more harrowing stories are coming out in media outlets about the death and destruction left behind by invading Russian troops in several suburbs of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

The Guardian journalist Luke Harding has visited the suburb Bucha, where locals told of the brutal murders committed here. His article can be read here in full.