There are more and more indications that testify to the crime crimes against civilians in Boukathe suburb of Kiev where, retreating Russian soldiersthey left behind dozens of dead civilianssome with their hands tied and injured by shots to the head.
“You may remember that I was criticized for calling Putin a war criminal,” Biden said yesterday. “Well, the truth of the matter, you saw what happened in Bouka. That justifies him, he is a war criminal. “
🛰️ Maxar Technologies shared with the NYT satellite images from Bucha that refute Russian numerous claims that the killing of civilians allegedly took place after Russian troops withdrew from the Kiev suburb. pic.twitter.com/2B2RsoV2yE
– ASB Military News (@ asbmil2) April 5, 2022
At the same time, European leaders ask tougher sanctions in response, including a total ban on imports of Russian fuel, while Germany, France and Lithuania expelled Russian diplomats yesterday.
Days after the withdrawal of Russian troops from the city, the Ukrainians were still finding dead in the yards and on the streets, transmit from Bukha to New York Times journalists Carlotta Gall and Andrew Kramer
Some of the people were found face down, or curled up, beaten while riding bicycles or while walking on the street or in the basements of houses.
Gall and Kramer also interviewed him local medical examiner, Serhie Kaplinsny, who said the city was forced to dig a mass grave after the local morgue was full. One day, Kaplinsy said he had received about 30 bodies, 13 of whom were men with their hands tied and shot in the head at close range.
THE Russia refuses that its troops had taken part in atrocities in Bouka, calling the images “another hoax” and suggesting that the bodies had recently been placed on the streets after “all Russian units had completely withdrawn from Bouka” around 30 March.
But a careful video review and satellite imagery which was processed by N.Y. The Times shows that many of the civilians have been dead for more than three weeks, when the Russian army took control of the city, and have since taken to the streets.
A video shot by a local council member on April 2 shows several corpses scattered along Yablonska Street in Bouka, and satellite images provided to the Times by Maxar Technologies show that at least 11 of them have been on the road since March 11, when Russia, by its own admission, occupied the city.
kathimerini
Follow Skai.gr on Google News
and be the first to know all the news
