The 39th day of the war that Russia started in Ukraine brought with it harsh images from the suburbs of Kyiv. The bodies of dozens of related Ukrainian civilians who were shot dead by Russian soldiers were documented in the town of Bucha, northwest of Kiev, after the withdrawal of Russian forces, the AFP news agency reported tonight (Saturday). Lying on the streets. In a Twitter account operating in Ukraine, “Ukrayna-Rusya Savaşı” reported “corpses lying on the street”.
“Three of the dead got into a bicycle on their last ride, while others fell near bullet-struck and crushed cars,” an AFP correspondent reported entering the city after being cut off for about a month. Anatoly Fedorok, the mayor of Bocha, said more than 300 residents of the town where some 30,000 civilians lived before the war were killed after receiving “inhuman treatment” from Russian military forces.
The first photos from Bocha:
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss wrote last night on her Twitter account that her country was working to gather evidence of Russian war crimes in Bocha: “Shocked by the atrocities in Bocha and other Ukrainian cities,” Truss wrote, adding: “International criminal law. Those responsible will be held accountable.”
Appalled by atrocities in Bucha and other towns in Ukraine. Reports of Russian forces targeting innocent civilians are abhorrent.
The UK is working with others to collect evidence and support @IntlCrimCourt war crimes investigation. Those responsible will be held to account.
— Liz Truss (@trussliz) April 2, 2022
Following the reports and appointments of civilian bodies in the town of Bocha, reports of similar photos were also published in Irpin, another suburb of the Ukrainian capital that has also been liberated in recent days from the occupation of the Russian army.