Ukrainian forces recently liberated the town of Bucha from the Russian forces which were occupying it while they planned to advance on the Ukrainian capital. Photos and videos from the area were picked up by multiple outlets, and they show the town in ruins while the street is littered with unexploded rockets and the burned-out husks of numerous Russian military vehicles.
More horrific, though, were the images of civilians whose corpses were left out in the open after they were seemingly executed by the Russians.
Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk told Reuters more than 300 residents of the town have been killed. Attempts to remove the bodies have been hindered by fears that some of the corpses might be rigged to explosive booby-trap
Bucha, Kyiv region. The bodies of people with tied hands, who were shot dead by 🇷🇺 soldiers lie in the streets. These people were not in the military. They had no weapons. They posed no threat. How many more such cases are happening right now in the occupied territories? (1/2) pic.twitter.com/AJloZ81JIt
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) April 2, 2022
Russia’s alleged actions in Bucha sadly aren’t new. They’re part of a playbook honed in Chechnya and Syria. Yet remember there are Americans who have been praising and defending Russia and Putin publicly for years. Russian media advertises that praise. Putin is emboldened by it. https://t.co/dpcx6311fu
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 3, 2022
Russian army left Ukrainian town of Bucha after having executed probably hundreds of civilians. Bodies are laying around with hands tied. I have questions to Scholz, Merkel, Steinmeier, Maas, Baerbock, Lambrecht, Gabriel, Platzeck and others. pic.twitter.com/nfkEqvqAeU
— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) April 2, 2022