Zelensky described Russian actions as "Genocide"He called on the West to tighten sanctions against Russia.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General, Irina Venediktova, said that the bodies of 410 civilians, collected from towns in the region, had been found. Kyivwhich was recently recaptured from Russian forces.
And journalists saw "Associated Press" Bodies of at least 21 people in multiple places around Bucha Northwest of the capital Kyiv.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, "Twitter"Today, Monday, the European Union intends to send investigators to Ukraine To assist the local public prosecutor in "Documenting war crimes".
Russian exile
For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied, on Monday, Ukrainian accusations that Russian forces committed atrocities against civilians, describing them as"provocation".
At the start of his talks today with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Martin Griffiths, Lavrov said that: Moscow You see the Ukrainian claim of a massacre of civilians "A provocation that constitutes a direct threat to world peace and security".
Lavrov indicated that Russia called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council, but United kingdom – The one who currently chairs the council – refused to hold it.
The Russian foreign minister pledged to press for the meeting.
accused لافروف The mayor of Bucha did not speak out about atrocities against civilians a day after Russian forces left Bucha on Wednesday, adding "But two days later, I photographed dozens of corpses scattered in the streets. This is a provocation directed against Russia".
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“You saw what happened in Bucha,” Biden told reporters, adding that Putin was a “war criminal.”
Biden’s remarks to reporters came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky A visit to Bucha, one of the towns around Kiev, where Ukrainian officials say the bodies of civilians have been found.
Zelensky described the Russian actions as “genocide” and called on the West to tighten sanctions against Russia.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General, Irina Venediktova, said that the bodies of 410 civilians, collected from towns in the region, had been found. Kyivwhich was recently recaptured from Russian forces.
Associated Press reporters saw the bodies of at least 21 people in various locations around the city Bucha Northwest of the capital Kyiv.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Twitter on Monday that the European Union intends to send investigators to Ukraine To assist the local public prosecutor in “documenting war crimes.”
Russian exile
For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied, on Monday, Ukrainian accusations that Russian forces had committed atrocities against civilians, describing it as a “provocation”.
At the start of his talks today with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Martin Griffiths, Lavrov said that: Moscow It considers the Ukrainian allegation of a massacre of civilians “a provocation that constitutes a direct threat to world peace and security”.
Lavrov indicated that Russia called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council, but United kingdom – The one who currently chairs the council – refused to hold it.
The Russian foreign minister pledged to press for the meeting.
accused لافروف The mayor of Bucha did not talk about the atrocities against civilians a day after Russian forces left Bucha on Wednesday, adding, “But two days later, I photographed dozens of corpses scattered in the streets. This is a provocation directed against Russia.”