As Ukraine claimed to have seized back control of all areas around Kyiv, the Russian retreat is alleged to have revealed evidence of atrocities committed against civilians.
In Bucha, one of 30 towns and villages claimed to have been retaken by Ukraine, the mayor said 280 victims were in mass graves, and alleged that at least 20 men reportedly in civilian clothes whose bodies were said to have been found lying in a single street “were shot, killed, in the back of the head”.
Human Rights Watch said it had also documented two separate instances of summary executions by Vladimir Putin’s troops, accusing them of committing “unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence against Ukrainian civilians”, including rape and the looting of food and clothes.
With Russia regrouping for attacks further east, missile strikes were heard in the key southern port city of Odesa on Sunday morning, with a regional official saying “critical infrastructure facilities” were hit.
Earlier, the Kremlin vowed to target UK weapons shipped across the Ukrainian border, after a Russian helicopter was reportedly shot down using a British-made missile.
-Independent
