The Bodies of civilians murdered in the streets of the Ukrainian town of Bucha lay for weeks, as proven an analysis of satellite images carried out by The New York Times, which refutes the version released by the Russian government that everything was a “monstrous falsification” designed to denigrate its army.
The Visual Research team at Times, from the images provided by Maxar Technologies and the videos that appeared of the massacre, corroborated that at least 11 of the bodies were lying in the street since March 11, a date on which, according to Russian reports, their army had control of the town, northwest of the city of kyiv.
The “dark objects” that appeared in satellite images between March 9 and 11 coincide with the exact position in which the bodies were found, after the Ukrainians took control of Bucha, as shown in a filmed video on April 1 by a councilor from this town, which was also verified by the Times.
The causes of death of the bodies scattered along 800 meters on Yablonska Street are not clarified.. Some lay very close to what appears to be presumably an impact crater, others next to abandoned cars and bicycles, many with their hands tied behind their backs with white cloth.
Released last weekend, the chilling images of the lifeless bodies of Ukrainian civilians lying in the streets of this town outraged the international community. The American president Joe Biden described the massacre as a “war crime” and said that His government would seek more sanctions against Russia.
For its part, Moscow had denied this Tuesday the veracity of the images and described the event as a “monstrous forgery.”, orchestrated with the aim of damaging Russia's image. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, urged the international community to think with its head and let go of emotional perceptions.
In an extraordinary meeting convened that same day by the UN Security Council, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that “accountability must be inevitable” for Russia and accused the invading troops of perpetrating, after the evidence in Bucha, “the most terrible war crimes” since the Second World War.
This Wednesday, the spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, reaffirmed Moscow's position regarding the events and said that the dissemination of the images was an attempt to derail the peace negotiations, as reported Reuters.
Earlier, the Kremlin said peace talks between Moscow and kyiv were not progressing as quickly or vigorously as it would like.
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