05/04/2022 19:44

Today I visited Bucha, liberated from racist occupiers, Kyiv region

Together with the Secretary of the Bucha City Council Taras Shapravsky and journalists, inspected the terrible results of the "russian liberation" - a huge 14-meter mass grave near the Church of St. Andrew the First Called and All Saints, where 150 to 300 victims of racist occupiers are buried.

We visited the base on Yablonivska Street, equipped by the Kadyrov unit, where local residents were executed.  The bodies have already been taken away by law enforcement agencies for examination, but puddles of blood remain on the walls and in the yard.

The room, which was hastily left by the militants, is full of empty bottles of alcohol and leftovers taken from the residents.

We walked along Vokzalna Street, where a column of enemy vehicles was destroyed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In fact, half of the city was destroyed by enemy shelling, and it is dangerous to approach houses due to the risk of detonation of unexploded ordnance.  Most of the high-rise buildings have been blown out by explosions and bombing holes.

Along the road from Kyiv to Bucha and Irpin, dozens of cars were shot dead, killing ordinary people trying to save their lives and leave the cities.

This is a terrible picture of the post-apocalyptic world, which cannot be forgotten for many years to come.

Currently, the bodies of the dead are being collected by law enforcement officers to conduct the necessary examinations.  Prosecutors are preparing an exhumation order to open the mass graves.

So that everyone who has lost loved ones can find them and bury them properly, and to determine the circumstances of the deaths of all victims in order to bring the guilty occupiers to justice.

I will ensure control over the observance of the rights of relatives and friends to the observance of procedures when returning the bodies of the dead for burial.

I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the expert mission set up by the OSCE participating States under the Moscow Mechanism to take into account these facts of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, but better visit Bucha, Irpen and other liberated cities  independently.