Moscow has denied targeting civilians and said verified images of bodies in Bucha were staged by the Ukrainian government to derail peace negotiations, but these claims have been widely dismissed.
• Ukraine asks NATO leaders for 'weapons, weapons and weapons'• US sanctions Russian military shipbuilding and diamond mining companiesIn his nightly presidential address, Mr Zelenskyy said the amount of damage and killings in Borodyanka was becoming clearer."Even more victims of the Russian occupiers.
Satellite imagery shows bodies lying in a street for weeks and many have been found with their hands tied behind their backs, suggesting they were executed.Ukraine's president did not provide any further evidence, or details, about Russian killings in Borodyanka. Pic: APThe war has now entered its seventh week and seen millions flee Ukraine, thousands killed, thousands injured and once-thriving cities have been reduced to rubble.
"We deny the Russian military can have something in common with these atrocities and that dead bodies were shown on the streets of Bucha," he told Sky News.Putin's spokesman's claims dismissed as liesCritics accused Mr Peskov of"inhabiting a parallel universe" and peddling a"catalogue of lies". He said the issue is whether Mr Peskov and his colleagues"actually believe what they're saying, or if they don't and they're just being cynical.
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