Pictures of horror, destruction and mass graves in the Ukrainian city of Bucha have sent shockwaves around the world. Russia has been accused of committing a "deliberate massacre" after the devastating images emerged when Russian troops withdrew from the town on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv.
The latest satellite imagery has shown bodies have been lying in the open for weeks, but Russia continues to deny it has committed war crimes saying it was "staged" after its forces withdrew from the area. After the withdrawal, footage taken from a car as it drove through the town appeared to show bodies on either side of the road, some with their hand tied behind their backs. The footage and pictures have been fact checked by several organisations, including the BBC and the New York Times.
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Russia's UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, insisted at a news conference that during the time that Bucha was under Russian control "not a single local person has suffered from any violent action". But world leaders have lined up to accuse the Russians of crimes and the International Criminal Court's prosecutor has already opened an investigation.
US president Joe Biden called for a war crimes trial against Russian leader Vladimir Putin and said he will seek more sanctions after the reported atrocities in Ukraine, German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said the photographs showed the "unbelievable brutality of the Russian leadership and those who follow its propaganda".
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Russia had withdrawn many of its forces from the capital area after being thwarted in its bid to swiftly capture Kyiv. It has instead poured troops and mercenaries into the country's east in a stepped-up bid to gain control of the Donbas, the largely Russian-speaking industrial region that includes the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting and worst suffering of the war.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will speak on Tuesday to UN Security Council diplomats outraged by growing evidence that Russian forces deliberately killed civilians.
After touring neighbourhoods of Bucha and speaking to hungry survivors lining up for bread, Mr Zelensky pledged in a video address that Ukraine would work with the European Union and the International Criminal Court to identify Russian fighters involved in any atrocities.
"The time will come when every Russian will learn the whole truth about who among their fellow citizens killed, who gave orders, who turned a blind eye to the murders," he said.
A review of satellite images from Bucha by the New York Times showed that many of the civilians in Bucha were killed more than three weeks ago when the Russian military was in control of the town. It reported that one video from a local council members howed multiple bodies scattered along a street. This was backed up by satellite images given to the Times by Maxxar Technologies that showed at least 11 of the bodies had been on the street since March 11.
