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Chilling Satellite Images Show Mass Graves in Ukraine Amid Civilian Slaughter
Pictures show the grave site with an approximately 45-foot long trench in the southwestern section of the area near the Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints in Bucha
Hunt for Butchers of Bucha after 'women and children raped and shot by Russians'
Daily Mirror 4 APR 2022
Chilling satellite images show mass graves in a Ukrainian town as outrage spreads over brutal deaths of civilians.
Pictures show the grave site with an approximately 45-foot long trench in the southwestern section of the area near the Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints in Bucha.
Global outrage spread on Monday over civilian deaths in Ukraine including evidence of bound bodies shot at close range and a mass grave found in areas retaken from Russian troops, as artillery bombarded the country's south and east.
Taras Shapravskyi, deputy mayor of Bucha, a town around 40km northwest of Kyiv, said 50 of some 300 bodies found after the Kremlin's forces withdrew late last week were the victims of extra-judicial killings carried out by Russian troops.
Chilling satellite images in Bucha
Reuters reporters saw one man sprawled by the roadside, his hands tied behind his back and a bullet wound to his head, though the agency could not independently verify those figures or who was responsible for the killings.
Ukrainian authorities were investigating possible war crimes as Moscow said killings were "staged" to sully Russia's name.
Pictures of the destruction and apparent killings of civilians sparked shock and condemnation and looked set to galvanise the United States and Europe into fresh sanctions against Moscow.
This image was captured on March 31
But it was not clear how quickly a new package could come together or if it would include Russian energy exports.
The atrocities were also set to overshadow peace talks between Russia and Ukraine due to restart by video link on Monday.
Asked whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would be held accountable for the civilian killings , Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said others also shared the blame.
"I think all the military commanders, everyone who gave instructions and orders should be punished," he told CBS' "Face the Nation" news program.
Russian troops are accused of barbaric war crimes in areas they controlled in Ukraine
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation.
"Putin and his supporters will feel the consequences," said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, adding that Western allies wouldagree on further sanctions in the coming days.
Germany's Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said the European Union must discuss banning the import of Russian gas - a departure from Berlin's prior resistance to that idea.
French President Emmanuel Macron said there were very "clear clues pointing to war crimes" by Russian forces and that new sanctions was needed, and Japan said it would consult with allies on that issue.
Macron said new sanctions should include oil and coal.
The wreckage of vehicles is seen amid the destruction at the military airport in the town of Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv
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