INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The killing of civilians in the town of Bucha near the Ukrainian capital was a "deliberate massacre," Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said
Sunday, after the hasty retreat of Russian forces from the area."Bucha massacre was deliberate
Russians aim to eliminate as many Ukrainians as they can
We must stop them and kick them out
I demand new devastating G7 sanctions NOW," Kuleba wrote on Twitter."Kyiv region
Bodies of men and women, who were killed with their hands tied
The worst crimes of Nazism have returned to EU," Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak tweeted."This was purposely done by Russia
Impose an embargo on energy resources, close seaports
Stop the murders!"The evidence has emerged of possible civilian killings around Kyiv as the Russian army has pulled back in the face of
ferocious resistance from Ukrainian forces.In Bucha, the bodies of nearly 300 civilians were found in mass graves after Russian troops
withdrew, local officials said.AFP reporters saw at least 20 bodies, all in civilian clothing, strewn across a single street
One had his hands tied behind his back with a white cloth, and his Ukrainian passport left open beside his body.EU chief Charles Michel on
Sunday pledged further sanctions on Moscow as he condemned "atrocities" carried out by Russian forces near Ukraine's capital Kyiv."Shocked
by haunting images of atrocities committed by Russian army in Kyiv liberated region #BuchaMassacre," European Council head Michel wrote on
Twitter."EU is assisting Ukraine - NGO's in gathering of necessary evidence for pursuit in international courts."British Foreign Minister
Liz Truss said that as evidence mounted of "appalling acts" in the Ukrainian towns of Irpin and Bucha, Russia's attacks on civilians must be
investigated as "war crimes."
