DISINFO: West responsible for hiding the truth about Bucha massacre
SUMMARY
The West bears responsibility for concealing the truth about the organisers of a number of heinous crimes, including the bloody provocation in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha in April 2022.
RESPONSE
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Recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets denying Russian war crimes during the invasion of Ukraine.
The Bucha massacre against Ukrainian civilians was committed by Russian troops at the beginning of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. Along with Bucha, the Russian forces occupied several other towns and villages near Kyiv and committed similar crimes, including maltreatment of civilians, rape, extra-judicial executions, and other atrocities. The evidence includes survivors’ testimonies, reports by Ukrainian and Western journalists, investigations from several human rights organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and satellite images.
In December 2022, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights presented a report about killings, summary executions and attacks on civilians in the north of Ukraine, which contained a detailed description of human rights violations in the initial months of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine.
The European Union has condemned in the strongest possible terms these atrocities committed by the Russian armed forces and called for accountability for human rights and international law violations by the Russian Armed Forces. The EU also imposed sanctions individuals and entities in response to the Bucha massacre.
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