Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the UN Security Council that the Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes.
"The Russian military searched for and purposefully killed anyone who served our country. They shot and killed women outside their houses when they just tried to call someone who is alive. They killed entire families, adults and children, and they tried to burn the bodies," he said. They used tanks to crush civilians "just for their pleasure," he said.
Associated Press journalists in Bucha have counted dozens of corpses in civilian clothes. Many appeared to have been shot at close range, and some had their hands bound or their flesh burned. A mass grave in a churchyard held bodies wrapped in plastic.have jointly verified at least 90 incidents during the war that appear to violate international humanitarian law.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the expulsions a "short-sighted" measure that would complicate communication during the crisis and warned they would be met with "reciprocal steps."In another show of support, the European Union's executive branch proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia, in what would be the first sanctions from the bloc targeting the country's lucrative energy industry over the war.
Western weapons have enabled Ukraine to mount a stiffer than expected resistance to Russia's superior firepower. That resistance stopped Russian forces from overrunning the capital, and their troops are now in retreat from areas around Kyiv.World leaders condemn Russia for alleged civilian killings in BuchaAmong the condemnation from world leaders, U.S.
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