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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday described as "genocide" the killings of civilians in the town of Bucha outside the capital Kyiv reclaimed from Russian forces. "These are war crimes and it will be recognised by the world as genocide," Zelensky said during a visit to Bucha.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday visited the town of Bucha outside the capital Kyiv where dozens of corpses, some with their hands bound, were discovered after Russian forces withdrew. "Every day, when our fighters enter and retake territory, you see what's been happening," the Ukrainian leader told reporters in the town devastated by fighting, wearing a bullet-proof vest and accompanied by military personnel. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy planned to speak Tuesday to UN Security Council diplomats outraged by growing evidence that Russian forces deliberately killed civilians, many of them shot in yards, streets and homes, and their bodies left in the open. FRANCE 24's Jessica Le Masurier tells us more.
US President Joe Biden calls for a war crimes trial over the mass killings in Bucha, Ukraine. Calling his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "a war criminal" and the killings "a war crime," Biden tells reporters there should be "a war crimes trial."