Ukraine's top diplomat called for stricter sanctions on Russia over growing evidence of civilians killed in the suburbs of Kyiv.
The Associated PressUkraine accuses Russian troops of killing civilians in BuchaUkrainian forces recently liberated the town of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, from Russian forces. What they found was destruction and allegations of civilians being killed by Russian troops.Russia rejects claims of atrocities against civilians in Bucha.Regional governor says shelling in Kharkiv has continued.Warning: This story contains images of dead bodies.
He said some victims were shot in the head and had their hands bound, and some of the bodies had signs of torture. He accused Russian troops of raping women and trying to burn their bodies. Russia's Defence Ministry has rejected the claims of atrocities against civilians in Bucha and other suburbs of Kyiv as a "provocation." The ministry says that "not a single civilian has faced any violent action by the Russian military" in Bucha.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Russia's attack on Ukrainian civilians provides "yet more evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his army are committing war crimes in Ukraine." Leaders in France, Germany, Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic and Poland expressed outrage at the images. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala called the images "horrifying" and said Russia has been committing war crimes.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said international organizations should be given access to the areas to independently document the atrocities.
Gov. Oleh Synyehubov said Sunday that about 70 patients needed to be taken away from the damaged hospital in the town of Balakliya — about 75 kilometres southeast of the city of Kharkiv — but that the buses were not able to enter the town. He said there was preliminary information that one of the bus drivers was killed.Earlier on Sunday, Synyehubov said Russian artillery and tanks carried out more than 20 strikes on Kharkiv and its outskirts over the past 24 hours.
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