Zelensky holds Russian leaders responsible for “murder” and “torture” in Bucha

Russian leaders are responsible for the killings of civilians in the city of Buchaon the outskirts of kyiv, recently recaptured by the Ukrainian army, the president accused on Sunday Volodymyr Zelensky.

“I want all the leaders of the Russian Federation to see how their orders are being carried out. These types of orders. This type of fulfillment. And there is a common responsibility. for these murders, for this torture, for the arms torn off by the explosions, for the shots in the neck” said Zelensky.

The discovery of mass graves and “executed” civilians in Bucha has triggered a series of international condemnations.

Russia denies killing civilians in Buchawhich he controlled from the first days of the beginning of the invasion on February 24.

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 first images released after Ukrainian troops recaptured the town showed dead bodies in the streets.

The Ukrainian leader also promised to investigate all Russian “crimes” in Ukraine and said he had created a “special mechanism” for it.

“I have decided to create a special justice mechanism in Ukraine to investigate and prosecute all the crimes of the occupiers in our country,” Zelensky said in a video.

According to the president, the mechanism will include “national and international experts, investigators, prosecutors and judges.”

Zelensky He also promised that “all those guilty of these crimes will be registered in a special book of executioners, they will be found and punished.”

Source: Elcomercio