The story goes on under the ad An additional video posted on social media on Saturday shows two men driving through the city. Abandoned cars pass by, some of which appear to have been stripped of spare parts. Debris, tires and old anti-tank blockades are crowded on the streets. At one point, as they make a corner, two black cars are seen that have been severely damaged. The word “STOP” is painted in both English with large, bold white letters. Russian forces have withdrawn from Bukha, a city of 37,000 northwest of Kiev, and other suburbs of the capital in recent days, leaving traces of destruction. Russian troops have been fighting for control of Bucharest since February 27 – three days after the invasion began – and “relentless bombing” has trapped residents in homes and shelters without electricity or gas, according to the Human Rights Watch. The fighting took the city’s water tower a week later. The Observatory for Human Rights interviewed residents who described Russian soldiers looting homes and reported reports of civilian gunfire as they tried to retrieve water. One woman said Russian soldiers had threatened to shoot her if she tried to retrieve her husband’s body. The story goes on under the ad Journalists on the ground in Bouha on Saturday reported seeing corpses scattered in the streets. The bodies of at least 20 plainclothes men were found in a single street with one hand tied, AFP reporters said. The cause of death was not immediately apparent, the French agency said, although one body appeared to have a large head injury. Associated Press reporters counted six civilian bodies along a street and in the front yard of a house. The French agency described the bodies as showing, including waxy skin and dark nails, that people had been dead for at least several days. Bucha Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk told the Post by telephone that about 270 locals had been buried in two mass graves. He also said that about 40 people were lying on the streets, but that it was difficult to count. Some of the bodies had their hands tied or shot in the back of the head, he said. The story goes on under the ad Fedoruk said the bodies would not be touched until security services determined they were not equipped with explosive devices. “Until the special services give us an answer to the question of whether we can bury them safely according to Christian custom, we can not handle the corpses,” he said. Ukrainian authorities have accused Russian forces of mining corpses and civilian buildings as they retreated from Bhutan and other suburbs of Kiev. In a video speech to Ukrainians in the early hours of Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia was “mining the whole territory.” “They are mining houses, mining equipment, and even the bodies of people who were killed,” he said. The Post could not verify these allegations. Asked if the bodies found around Bucha included Russian soldiers, Fedoruk said “hundreds of Russian soldiers” were “sleeping soundly” in the area and that Ukrainian authorities would contact the soldiers’ families and their close contacts to inform them. for their death.
