Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Annalena Burbock (Annalena Baerbock) on Tuesday, May 10, the first member of the German government since the beginning of the war unleashed by Russia, paid a visit to Ukraine. She first visited the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where Russian troops allegedly massacred civilians.
Burbock said she was appalled by reports of the incident. She called for an investigation into the incident and bringing the perpetrators to justice. “This is our duty to the victims. And these victims, as it is so clearly felt here, could be us,” the head of the German Foreign Ministry said.
Massacre in Bucha
According to the Ukrainian authorities, in Bucha, during the month Russian occupationhundreds of civilians were killed. After the departure of the Russian troops, numerous corpses of people were found in this settlement. Similar finds were made in other regions of Ukraine. The Russian leadership denies any involvement in these crimes.
Annalena Burbock during her stay in Bucha spoke about “war crimes and crimes against humanity”. She called Bucha the place where “the most terrible crimes” were committed, adding that that is why it is so important for her to be there today. The German Foreign Minister was accompanied by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Irina Venediktovawho leads the investigation events in Bucha.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz instructed Burbock to pay a visit to Ukraine to demonstrate Germany’s solidarity with the country. Scholz himself is also planning to visit Ukraine, after Volodymyr Zelensky invited him and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to do so.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
Investigative actions are carried out with the participation of international experts. There are Ukrainian and foreign journalists. Foreign politicians come to Bucha. Agencies publish footage – the faces and bodies of the dead, charred corpses, charred internal organs … Without hiding anything, without retouching. Such pictures will be seen during the trials. It is difficult to define the line – what and how to show here and now.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
Bodies of more than four hundred dead civilians have already been found in Bucha. The mayor of the city Anatoly Fedoruk told journalists about it. On April 12, a second mass grave was opened here and bodies were exhumed from several burials on private property.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
The head of the Buchansk procurator, Ruslan Kravchenko, reported the details of the exhumation of the second part of the mass grave: “Practically all the people found here were shot on the streets of the city of Bucha. <...> Some bodies show signs of torture, people lie with their hands and feet tied, there are bodies with broken bones.”
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
One of the Ukrainian volunteers participating in the exhumation of bodies from mass graves in Bucha.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
70-year-old Bucha resident Nadezhda Trubchaninova near the body of her 48-year-old son Vadim, who was killed by Russian army soldiers on March 30.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
45-year-old Anatoly Morykin during the funeral of his mother, 82-year-old Valentina Morykina, who died during the occupation of Bucha in a nursing home due to poor conditions and the inability to provide proper care.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
Relatives bury the body of 37-year-old Andrei Matveychuk, who served in the territorial defense. He was kidnapped by Russian soldiers in Bucha, tortured and killed.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
This is what the streets in Bucha look like now. Before the Russian military invasion and temporary occupation, about 35 thousand people lived here near Kyiv. According to local authorities, in addition to critical infrastructure in the city, about 20 percent of high-rise buildings have been destroyed and cannot be restored. About 150 private houses were also burned down.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
The village of Gavronshchina near the village of Makarov in the Kyiv region. On March 14, the Russian military shot down a private car in which there were four adults and one child. Local residents buried the dead near their home. The bodies were exhumed on 10 April.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
In the village of Buzovaya in the Kyiv region, on April 10, a mass grave was discovered with the bodies of dozens of civilians. The burial was found near a gas station. The village was occupied by Russian troops on February 28.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
Another shot from Buzovaya. The mother has just been informed of the found body of her son. According to local authorities, the bodies of those killed were also found nearby on the road in about ten cars with traces of shelling.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
In the urban-type settlement of Borodyanka near Kyiv, rubble is being cleared, under which the bodies of the dead are found. The village was almost completely destroyed. Before the start of the war, about 13 thousand people lived here.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
Modular houses will be installed in Borodianka for participants in prospecting work. The work will take a long time. According to the State Emergency Service, on the evening of April 11, 19 dead were removed from the rubble from the start of work.
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War in Ukraine – Bucha and other murder sites in the Kyiv region
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Author: Nikolay Permyakov
