Fakes and Truth: What Can Be Confirmed About Bucha’s Crimes – And How – Ukraine

The allegations are serious and the evidence seems clear: war crimes for which Russia is responsible took place in the Kiev suburb of Bucha. After the Russian army retreated, numerous bodies were found on the streets there, some apparently shot with their hands tied beforehand. Others, hundreds according to Ukrainian sources, were found in mass graves in the town, which has only around 35,000 inhabitants. War crimes cannot be proven in all cases – after all, there was heavy fighting in Bucha for weeks. But in some the matter is clear. But not for Russia, which disputes the facts.