The German government has indications that Russia was involved in the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha based on satellite images, a security source said on Thursday.
Highlights
- Der Spiegel: German intelligence agency intercepted radio messages from Russian military sources discussing killing of civilians in Bucha.
- BND foreign intelligence office declined to comment on the matter.
- Local officials say more than 300 people were killed by Russian forces in the Ukrainian town of Bucha alone, and around 50 of them were executed.
- The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Western allegations Russian forces executed civilians are a “monstrous forgery” meant to discredit the Russian army and justify new Western sanctions.
- Russia casts the evidence of civilian executions as a cynical ploy by Ukraine and its Western backers, who Moscow says are gripped by discriminatory anti-Russian paranoia.Ukraine has accused Russia of genocide and war crimes.