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‘They were all shot’: Russia accused of war crimes as Bucha reveals horror of invasion

Ukrainian forces liberating the town of Bucha near Kyiv find streets littered with corpses of civilians and burned-out Russian tanks

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Ukrainian forces liberating the town of Bucha near Kyiv find streets littered with corpses of civilians and burned-out Russian tanks

Highlights

  • At least 20 bodies, all in civilian clothing, found strewn across a single street in Bucha, a town north-west of the capital.
  • At least 280 other bodies have been buried in mass graves in the town, local residents say.
  • British foreign secretary Liz Truss said she was ‘appalled’ by atrocities in town of Bucha.
  • Coaches of children were said to have been placed in front of tanks in the village of Novyi Bykiv, close to the encircled city of Chernihiv, 100 miles north of Kyiv.
  • Russia’s president repeated his warning that Russian troops want to capture the Don.
  • In a video on Saturday, he said: “We are aware that Russian forces are in the region and we are aware