Bucha massacre: Ukraine presses murder charges against two Russian soldiers

The Bucha massacre was the mass murder of at least 422 Ukrainian civilians and POWs by Russian forces during the month-long occupation of Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, in 2022.

The investigation revealed that on 19 March 2022, around 17:00, two crew members operating a Russian self-propelled howitzer in the temporarily occupied town of Bucha noticed a local resident in civilian clothes with a white stripe on his sleeve. The man, a non-combatant, was unarmed and posed no threat that could justify the use of violence against him. The Russians, without any warning, opened fire with small arms, instantly killing the civilian.

As of last February, 91 Russian soldiers involved in war crimes in Kyiv Oblast were identified, according to Ukraine's Prosecutor General.

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