Ukraine today commemorates the first anniversary of the withdrawal of Russian troops from the martyred city of Buka, where the occupying forces left behind the corpses of civilians executed in cold blood.
“We will never forgive the perpetrators of the massacre in Buka,” the Ukrainian president said today Friday Volodymyr Zelensky on the first anniversary of the Russian army’s withdrawal from the martyred city that has become a symbol of the atrocities Moscow has been accused of following its invasion. The president of Ukraine posted on social networks a shocking video of Buka before and after the start of the war.
Ukraine today commemorates the first anniversary of the withdrawal of Russian troops from martyred Buka, where the occupying forces left behind the corpses of civilians executed in cold blood.
“More than 175 people they were found in mass graves and torture chambers. 9,000 Russian war crimes. 365 days since it is a free Ukrainian city again,” Zelensky wrote on social media.
“Thirty-three days of occupation (…) Symbol of the brutality of the conquering country. We will never forgive. We will punish all the culprits,” emphasized the Ukrainian president.
The Russian occupation of the city lasted 33 days and resulted in more of 1,400 deaths, among them 37 children, according to Kiev.
On March 31, 2022, the Russian army withdrew from Buka and the entire northern part of Kyiv, a month after invading the country. Two days after the withdrawal of Russian troops, the massacre was revealed.
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AFP journalists discovered on April 2 in Buka charred corpses in vehicles, destroyed houses everywhere and, above all, scattered corpses of twenty men in civilian clothes, one of whom had his hands tied behind his back.
These scenes shocked the whole world, with Kiev and the West denouncing summary executions of civilians and war crimes. The Kremlin, for its part, denies any involvement and speaks of staged crimes.
During his visit to Buka two days after the massacre was discovered, Zelensky had denounced “war crimes” which “will be recognized by the world as genocide”.
Almost all foreign leaders who visited Ukraine also went to Buka.
“Let evil be punished”
Although the wounds remain, Buka residents who spoke to AFP said “the pain is lessening” because “we have to go on living”.
If he does not want the dead to be forgotten, Archbishop Andrii, of the local church, underlined that it is important “not to live in the past, but in the future”.
“We must not only win, we must defeat the conquerors (…) The criminals must be condemned, the evil must be punished”, he stressed.
Russian forces have been accused of many atrocities by Ukrainian authorities, following the discovery of bodies in Buka and other towns, graves near Izium or “torture halls” in towns recaptured by the Ukrainian army.
The International Criminal Court earlier this month issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin for the “deportation” of thousands of children from Ukraine to Russia.
Kiev also insists that a special court should be set up to try the highest-ranking Russian officials for the “crime of aggression” against Ukraine.
Russia, for its part, continues to deny that its forces have committed atrocities.
Source :Skai
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