2: Bucha Massacre

The Massacre of Bucha, Ukraine

(Ukrainian: Бучанська різанина and in Russian: Резня в Буче)

2 years ago from March 1-April 1, 2022 the Russian Military committed War Crimes against the unarmed Residents of Bucha during the Russian Occupation.

(A corpse inside a destroyed car in Bucha, April 2, 2022.)

Residents of Bucha told the liberating Ukrainian Military the following: “Russian soldiers went door to door, questioning people, destroying their possessions, and looting their clothes to wear them themselves.

 Civilians were fired upon when leaving their homes for food and water and would be ordered back into their homes by occupying Russian troops, despite a lack of basic necessities such as water and heat due to destruction of local infrastructure. Snipers fired upon Civilians.

 Russian armed vehicles would randomly fire into buildings in the town. Russian Troops refused medical aid to Civilians they injured. A mass grave was dug for local victims, and the Occupying Troops carried out extrajudicial executions.”

(Exhumation of bodies from a mass grave near the Church of St. Andrew the First-Called (Bucha) on April 8, 2022.)

The main streets of Bucha were littered with dead Civilians. They were shot by the Russians while going about their daily routines (walking dogs, getting food, etc.) The Russians also placed booby-traps with explosives on many of the dead bodies as they retreated.

18 mutilated bodies of murdered Men, Women and Children were found in a basement. The bodies showed evidence of torture; cut-off ears and teeth pulled out.

Pets and other animals had been needlessly shot.

Bodies of dead naked Women were also found, and there were signs the Russians had unsuccessfully attempted to burn the bodies after raping them.

The Russians murdered at least 637 Ukrainian Men, Women and Children in Bucha.

The Ukrainians have found many more Massacres carried out by the Russians against the Ukrainians in the parts of Ukraine liberated from the Russians.

2022 Izium Mass Graves: 414 Ukrainian (215 men, 194 women, 5 children)

2022 Olenivka Prison Massacre: 62 Ukrainian POWs massacred by the Russians.

2022 Mariupol Theatre Airstrike: 600 Ukrainian Men, Women and Children.