Bodies found bound and shot in Bucha after Russian withdrawal
STORY: In the town of Bucha, 37 km (23 miles) northwest of Kyiv's city center, Reuters reporters saw a man lay sprawled by the roadside, his hands tied behind his back and a bullet wound to his head.
Bucha's deputy mayor, Taras Shapravskyi, said 50 of some 300 bodies found after Russian forces withdrew from the city late last week, were the victims of extra-judicial killings carried out by Russian troops.
Reuters could not independently verify those figures or who was responsible for the killings.
Russia's defence ministry said in a statement issued on Sunday (April 3) that all photographs and videos published by the Ukrainian authorities alleging "crimes" by Russian troops in Bucha were a "provocation," and no resident of Bucha suffered violence at the hands of Russian troops.
Ukraine's foreign minister called on the International Criminal Court to collect evidence of what he called Russian war crimes. The foreign ministers of France and Britain said their countries would support any such probe.
