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World shock over the massacre of civilians with their hands tied in the Ukrainian city of Bucha
Zelensky calls Russian soldiers for Bucha massacre “murderers, torturers and rapists”
In the makeshift mass graves or in the middle of the streets, corpses are everywhere in the Ukrainian city of Buchanorthwest of kyiv, where the inhabitants continue to mourn their dead after the withdrawal of Russian troops
the ukrainian president Volodymir Zelensky He said Russian leaders should be held responsible for “murder” and “torture” in Bucha, where the grisly discoveries have sparked outrage in Europe and the United States.
Liuba, 62, leads a neighbor into a sodden trench behind a gilt-domed church. He does not have the strength to see if his brother lies there, as some rumors have indicated.
Some 57 people have been shallowly buried in this Common pit, a city employee told an AFP journalist. But only part of them are visible.
Some are in body bags. Others, wearing civilian attire, have been partially buried. One sees emerging from the earth, in strange positions, a pale hand, a foot wearing a boot, exposed to the snowflakes that fall on this town on the outskirts of the capital.
A corpse is surrounded by a red and white sheet, near a single pink women’s sandal.
Liuba’s neighbor backs away, and then collapses. He can’t get any closer to the pit.
“These wounds will never heal” Liuba fears. “I wouldn’t wish this on anyone, not even my worst enemy.”
“Absolutely necessary”
Nearby, along a narrow road surrounded by houses in ruins, four men are moving aboard a truck, dodging the bodies.
An AFP journalist last weekend saw at least 20 bodies, all in civilian clothes, lying in a street.
Three of the bodies were entangled in bicycles, while others fell near crushed or bullet-riddled vehicles. One had his hands tied behind his back and his head was in a scarlet pool.
Vitalii Shreka, 27, lifts a corpse, placing it in a body bag that his colleagues close.
They carefully inspect each body, looking for an identity documentbefore loading it into the truck.
One of them throws a bicycle at two dogs that get too close to the corpses.
“We have to do it. What we do is absolutely necessary.” explains Vladyslav Minchenko, 44, standing before an abandoned body.
Serhii Kaplychnyi, a city employee, explains that he and his colleagues were no longer able to bury the dead during the brief period of Russian occupation.
“Many people died from gunshots or shell splinters, but at first we were not authorized to bury them,” explains to AFP. “They told us to leave them while it was cold.”
The Russians eventually allowed them to collect the bodies. “We dug a big grave with the help of a tractor, and then we buried them,” she recalls.
Now he coordinates efforts to find bodies throughout the town.
After the Russians depart, soldiers give each other manly hugs, people wave small Ukrainian flags, and aid convoys roll into town.
But Serhii Kaplychnyi cannot forget the scenes of the last few weeks. He recalls in particular a day when his colleagues They found ten people shot in the head.
“Apparently, there was a sniper having fun,” comment with a small voice.
City employees weren’t the only makeshift gravediggers. Several inhabitants did their best to provide a temporary burial for their neighbors, in gardens or other places.
“There was an old sewer already out of use. Some corpses were also left there. Now we are going to find them,” she says.
Source: Elcomercio
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