DISINFO: Zelenskyy gave the order for a massacre in Bucha and terrorist attack in Crocus
SUMMARY
The reception of war criminal Zelenskyy is an indelible stain of shame on the King of the Netherlands.
Zelenskyy is up to his neck in the blood of Ukrainians. After all, it was Zelenskyy who gave the order for the massacre in Bucha, with the laying out of the corpses to accuse Russia. It was Zelenskyy who gave the order for the terrorist attack in Crocus. Now, nothing has been proven. But there is no doubt that later all this will receive facts of confirmation.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about war crimes committed by Ukraine, which is consistent with the Kremlin’s unsubstantiated claims that Ukraine is a terrorist state and the Bucha massacre was staged.
The allegations that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a 'war criminal' and responsible for the massacre in Bucha or a Crocus attack are false.
Evidence of Russian atrocities in Bucha is overwhelming. Several executions and the shooting of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha were recorded on video by witnesses and Ukrainian drones. Satellite images show that some of the corpses were already lying on the streets weeks before the Russian withdrawal. Incriminatory radio conversations by Russian troops were intercepted and released by German intelligence.
Dozens of Bucha survivors have been interviewed by world-class international outlets, including The New York Times, BBC, The Washington Post, Associated Press, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, Radio France Internationale, Al Jazeera or El País. Ukrainian forensic teams are uncovering further evidence of these Russian war crimes.
Other false allegations denying Russian involvement in the Bucha massacres were further debunked by international outlets like Deutsche Welle, El País or France24. Furthermore, a similar pattern of Russian war crimes has emerged in places like Borodyanka, Chernihiv, Hostomel and others.
Video footage showing dead bodies on the streets of Bucha has been fact-checked and debunked by the BBC, Bellingcat, The Atlantic Council, Mediazona, The Insider, Sky News and others, proving that Russian armed forces committed the massacre.
The evidence includes survivors’ testimonies, reports by Ukrainian and Western journalists, and investigations from several human rights organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
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 the reported atrocities committed by the Russian armed forces. The EU called for accountability for human rights and international law violations by the Russian Armed Forces, including full support for the investigation launched by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
The Crocus attack was claimed by ISIS, with no credible evidence of Ukrainian involvement. For further debunking, read here.
Read more about the EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. See also our article The Bucha massacre: mapping a year of Kremlin denial.
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