Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for an end to Russian 'war crimes' after mass graves found in Bucha.
:"Appalled by reports of unspeakable horrors in areas from which Russia is withdrawing. An independent investigation is urgently needed."European Parliament chief Roberta Metsola, who became the first leader of a European Union institution to visit Ukraine since the Russian invasion began when she paid a visit to Kyiv on Friday, said the images from Bucha and other liberated areas in Ukraine show the"cold reality of Putin's war crimes.
German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock, meanwhile, said the images coming out of the Ukrainian town of Bucha were “unbearable.” “We will tighten the sanctions against Russia, and will support Ukraine even more with their defense,” she tweeted.“The images that reach us from Bucha, a liberated city near Kyiv, are unbearable. In the streets, hundreds of civilians were cowardly murdered. My compassion for the victims, my solidarity with the Ukrainians," Macron said in a tweet.
“The images of the crimes committed in Bucha and in the other areas liberated by the Ukrainian army leave us astonished," he said in a statement released by his press office.
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