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“It’s not this”… When the Russian troops withdrew, 900 corpses of ‘gunned’ civilians were found

picture explanationExcavation of the remains of a civilian who was massacred by Russian troops and buried in Bucha, a village on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on the 13th (local time). Dozens of the bodies of killed civilians have already been excavated from the car that was occupied by the Russian army but withdrew on the 1st. [사진출처 = 연합뉴스]

It is reported that more than 900 civilian bodies have been found in Kiiu, the Ukrainian capital, which was occupied by Russian forces.

According to foreign media including the Associated Press on the 17th, Provincial Police Commissioner Andrii Nevitou said at a briefing on the previous day that “more than 900 civilian bodies were found in the area where the Russian troops had been withdrawn.” “95% of the bodies were shot and killed. It was either abandoned on the street or temporarily buried.”

“As a result, we have confirmed that civilians were summarily executed on the streets during the Russian occupation,” he added.

The area with the highest number of victims was Bucha, a city outside Kiiwu, where more than 350 bodies were found.

Russian troops are suspected of massacres of civilians in Bucha, a city on the outskirts of Kiiu, the Ukrainian capital.

Deputy Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk said on the 12th (local time) that “403 bodies that appear to have been killed by the Russian military have been found so far.”

Among them, there was a body with a gunshot wound to the back of the head with his hands tied behind his back, and a mass burial where more than 50 were buried at once was also confirmed.

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