Almost 85% of people killed in Bucha have bullet wounds – mayor

15.04.2022 06:15

Ukrinform

Almost 85% of the bodies of all the dead residents of Bucha town, Kyiv region, have bullet wounds, indicating the commission of conscious premeditated murder.

"Almost 85% of all bodies we remove from mass graves or individual burials in gardens, parks, squares, yards have bullet holes. That is, conscious premeditated murders took place in Bucha," Bucha Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk said during the nationwide telethon, Ukrinform reports.

He said that the removal of the bodies from the mass grave in the territory of the St. Andrew the First-Called Church would be completed probably on April 15.

"We will complete this work: we will remove the bodies and send them to the morgue for conducting relevant procedures and for relatives to take the bodies of the dead and bury them appropriately," Fedoruk added.

As reported, Prosecutor General Venediktova and ICC Prosecutor Khan made a joint working trip to Bucha in Kyiv region, where the bodies of killed civilians are being exhumed.

Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel, Borodianka, and the entire Kyiv region were liberated from Russian invaders in early April. Mass killings of civilians by Russian troops have been recorded in liberated towns and villages. Among the victims of Russian war crimes were raped women, whose bodies tried to be burnt, killed local government officials, children, the elderly, and men. Many of them had their hands tied, there are traces of torture on their bodies. Victims were shot in the back of the head.

In March, the International Criminal Court, at the request of 42 countries, announced the launch of an investigation into war crimes following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.