Ukraine finds 410 bodies of civilians who were killed by Russian troops north of kyiv

World shock over the massacre of civilians with their hands tied in the Ukrainian city of Bucha

Horror in Ukraine: 20 bodies of civilians found with their hands tied behind their backs on a street in Bucha

The attorney general’s office Ukraine put this Sunday at 410 the number of civilian bodies recovered so far in the northern suburbs of kyiv after the withdrawal of Russian troops.

“410 bodies of murdered civilians have been removed so far from the territory of the region of Kyiv”, the attorney general announced Iryna Venediktova in a Facebook post, the Ukrinform agency reported.

“Prosecutors and other specialists have so far examined 140 of them,” he added. He explained that the investigators are cooperating with the local population in search of witnesses, victims and graphic evidence such as photos or videos.

“People are scared, tired and tormented, they have experienced the horror”, wrote Venediktova and specified that for this it will take “time and a professional approach” to document everything correctly and not miss the opportunity to punish those responsible.

Some of the bodies found in the streets of Bucha, near kyiv, after the Russian withdrawal (RONALDO SCHEMIDT – AFP/)

This Sunday, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, had announced that, although the search and collection of bodies in Bucha and the rest of the northern suburbs of Kyiv that were under Russian control still continue, “hundreds” of bodies have already been found.

Kuleba added that he has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to send an investigation mission to document and prosecute the atrocities committed.

According to the Ukrainian government and according to images released by the mediathe bodies of the victims wear civilian clothes and many of them are handcuffed and appear to have been shot in the head.

the mayor of Bucha announced yesterday that, after the withdrawal of Russian troops on March 31, the local authorities have buried some 280 bodies in a mass grave as they cannot use the municipal cemetery for it.

The body of a civilian with his hands tied behind his back lies on the street in Bucha as a worker prepares a plastic bag to be carried into a car. (SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP).

The images of the streets of Bucha strewn with bodies have caused consternation in Europe and have been condemned by European leaders, who have called for an investigation of possible war crimes by Russia.

Moscow, for its part, denied the accusations. and claimed that during the weeks that the Kiev suburb had been under Russian control “not a single local resident suffered violent actions.”

Source: Elcomercio