As gruesome videos and photos of bodies emerge from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, Kremlin-backed media are denouncing them as an elaborate hoax.
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U.S., allies to ban new investments in Russia
Calls for increased sanctions intensified this week in response to the attacks, killings and destruction in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
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Zelensky calls for UN to convene war crimes tribunal similar to Nuremberg
In an address to the Security Council, the Ukrainian president lists the torture, rapes and killings of civilians in what he describes as the worst atrocities since World War II.
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U.S. seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin
The yacht is among the assets linked to Viktor Vekselberg, a billionaire who heads the Moscow-based Renova Group, a conglomerate encompassing metals, mining, tech and other assets.
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Russia faces global outrage over bodies strewn in Ukraine’s streets
Russia is facing a fresh wave of condemnation after evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of numerous civilians in Ukraine.
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Biden calls for Putin to face war crimes trial for Bucha killings
President Biden noted that he faced pushback last month when he described the Russian president as a war criminal, and said Monday, ‘This guy is brutal and what’s happening to Bucha is outrageous, and everyone’s seen it.’
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U.S., Europe threaten sanctions after Bucha killings; Red Cross blocked from Mariupol
The scope of devastation is coming into grim focus and sparking a global call for war-crime probes – fueled by the discovery of alleged mass graves and images of dead civilians lining the streets in the Kyiv suburb Bucha.
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Ukraine accuses Russia of massacre, city strewn with bodies
So far, the bodies of 410 civilians have been found in Kyiv-area towns that were recently retaken from Russian forces, Ukraine’s prosecutor-general says.
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Bodies, rubble line the streets of Bucha after Russian retreat
The mayor says some 270 local residents had been buried in two mass graves.
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Ukrainian forces retake areas near Kyiv amid fear of traps
Ukraine and its Western allies reported mounting evidence of Russia withdrawing its forces from around Kyiv and building its troop strength in eastern Ukraine.