Investigators walked the silent streets of ruined towns around Kyiv, documenting widespread killings of unarmed civilians and other alleged war crimes by Russian forces.
In the eastern Luhansk region, shelling of the Rubizhne city on Tuesday killed one person and injured five more, its governor, Serhiy Haidai, said on Telegram.
Ukrainian soldiers recover the remains of four killed civilians from inside a charred vehicle in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Also, the EU's executive branch proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia, which are an estimated 4 billion euros per year. It would be the first time the 27-nation bloc has sanctioned the country's lucrative energy industry over the war.Speaking by video Tuesday to the UN Security Council, Zelensky said civilians in towns around Kyiv were tortured, shot in the back of the head, thrown down wells, blown up with grenades in their apartments and crushed to death by tanks while in cars.
As Zelensky spoke to the diplomats, survivors of the month-long Russian occupation showed investigators bodies of townspeople allegedly shot by Russian troops.In the still largely empty streets of Bucha, dogs wandered among ruined buildings and burned military vehicles. Officials snapped photos of the corpses before gathering some of them.
Many of the dead seen by AP journalists appeared to have been shot at close range, and some had their hands bound or their flesh burned.have jointly verified at least 90 incidents during the war that appear to violate international law. The War Crimes Watch Ukraine project is looking into apparent targeted attacks as well as indiscriminate ones.
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