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'Murderers, torturers, rapists': Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘war crimes’ near Kyiv

Telegraph, 04 Apr 2022
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an address called the actions of the Russian military "war crimes", following reports of atrocities allegedly committed by the Russian forces in Bucha, near Kyiv.

Experts believe the violence was premeditated, consistent with Russian methods in past wars such as Chechnya, where brutalising civilians was seen as an effective method of crushing resistance.

After Kyiv sleeper suburb Bucha was liberated after being under siege for a month, those entering over the weekend found scenes from a horror movie that for local residents had been their final inescapable reality.

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