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Chairman of Russian metals company calls for Bucha probe

The board chairman of Russian metals company Rusal has called for an investigation into events in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where Ukrainian officials say Russian troops killed civilians

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The board chairman of Russian metals company Rusal has called for an investigation into events in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where Ukrainian officials say Russian troops killed civilians

Highlights

  • Board chairman of Russian metals company Rusal has called for an investigation into events in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha.
  • Ukrainian forces and journalists discovered scores of bodies on streets and in mass graves after Russian troops withdrew.
  • The Kremlin has said the deaths were staged by the Ukrainians to denigrate Russian forces.
  • Rusal Chairman Bernard Zonneveld, an independent non-executive director, did not address who was responsible or even directly say anyone was killed in Bucha, where scores of people were found dead.
  • He said the company was “interested in putting an end to the conflict in this European country as soon as possible” and that reports from Bucha “shocked us”