Ukraine War Drone Footage Appears To Show Russian Military Vehicles Firing Shots Towards Cyclist In Bucha World News

Sky News geographically located the clip on Yablonska Street in the city of Kiev – where in recent days other satellite images have revealed corpses on the side of the road. The drone video shows a man riding a bicycle on a road before getting off his bicycle near the intersection with Yablonska Street and pushing it into a corner. Picture: The person (in a circle) seems to be climbing on the road to the intersection with Yablonska Street A military vehicle appears to be firing one shot at the road and at least another five as soon as the cyclist turns the corner. The vehicle – a BMD-2 infantry fighting vehicle – appears to have the letter V on the side, which the Russians use to differentiate their equipment from Ukrainian equipment. Other vehicles in the area are also marked V. Professor Michael Clarke, former director general of the defense think tank RUSI, told Sky News: “The V is very important for the recognition of the unit – for other vehicles and from the air – as the Ukrainians use most of the equipment with the Russians.” . Image: Escort vehicles bearing a V mark on them, which are used by the Russian army to identify their equipment A second vehicle is then launched and smoke or dust appears to rise to the point where a body and a bicycle are seen next to each other in the video below. Image: The vehicle (left) is ignited before smoke or dust appears to rise (right) on Yablonska Street. Image: Separate shots from social media show a lifeless body next to a bicycle in the same spot As Russian forces began to leave the Kiev region around March 30, horrific images of corpses with their hands tied behind their backs and apparently shot at close range came to light in Bucha. They have sparked international condemnation, accusations of war crimes by US President Joe Biden and allegations of genocide by Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy. Russian officials say the photos were “directed” by Ukrainian forces to garner support from the West – and those who appeared dead were killed after the withdrawal of Russian troops. But satellite images from Planet, posted on Twitter by the investigative journalism team Bellingcat on March 11, confirm that the white building at the scene of the cyclist shooting was destroyed that day – about three weeks before the Russians left. Further aerial footage from March 19 also appears to contradict Moscow’s claims about what happened in Bucha. They show the same area of ​​the city, which is 16 miles from Kyiv, with sidewalks strewn with corpses. This date is also more than a week before Russian forces leave the area and confirms that the bodies have been there for weeks. Image: This satellite image of Yablonska Street in Bucha from March 19 shows corpses on the street. Photo: Maxar Zelensky spoke to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, saying Russia was “pursuing a policy of destroying national and religious diversity during its invasion of Ukraine.” Urging member states to support a war crimes investigation, he added that Moscow was “deliberately creating conditions in the occupied territories so that as many civilians as possible could be killed”. Targeting unarmed civilians is a violation of international humanitarian warfare. Ukraine and its Western allies are gathering evidence of possible war crimes prosecutions since the start of the conflict. However, Professor Clarke says that despite the visuals, Russia could support many reasons to shoot the cyclist, which makes it very difficult to prosecute war crimes. They could claim that the person was clearly not a citizen or that he or she might have posed a terrorist threat. Alternatively, they could argue that the vehicle was shooting at something that was not visible or accidentally left, he added. Image: Sky’s Mark Austin to interview Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peshkov The Data and Forensics team is a multi-skill unit dedicated to providing transparent journalism from Sky News. We collect, analyze and visualize data to tell data-based stories. We combine traditional reporting skills with advanced analysis of satellite imagery, social media and other open source information. Through multimedia storytelling we aim to better explain the world, while showing how our journalism is done. Why Data Journalism Matters to Sky News

title: “Ukraine War Drone Footage Appears To Show Russian Military Vehicles Firing Shots Towards Cyclist In Bucha World News " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-03” author: “Stephanie Mitchener”

Sky News geographically located the clip on Yablonska Street in the city of Kiev – where in recent days other satellite images have revealed corpses on the side of the road. The drone video shows a man riding a bicycle on a road before getting off his bicycle near the intersection with Yablonska Street and pushing it into a corner. Picture: The person (in a circle) seems to be climbing on the road to the intersection with Yablonska Street A military vehicle appears to be firing one shot at the road and at least another five as soon as the cyclist turns the corner. The vehicle – a BMD-2 infantry fighting vehicle – appears to have the letter V on the side, which the Russians use to differentiate their equipment from Ukrainian equipment. Other vehicles in the area are also marked V. Professor Michael Clarke, former director general of the defense think tank RUSI, told Sky News: “The V is very important for the recognition of the unit – for other vehicles and from the air – as the Ukrainians use most of the equipment with the Russians.” . Image: Escort vehicles bearing a V mark on them, which are used by the Russian army to identify their equipment A second vehicle is then launched and smoke or dust appears to rise to the point where a body and a bicycle are seen next to each other in the video below. Image: The vehicle (left) is ignited before smoke or dust appears to rise (right) on Yablonska Street. Image: Separate shots from social media show a lifeless body next to a bicycle in the same spot As Russian forces began to leave the Kiev region around March 30, horrific images of corpses with their hands tied behind their backs and apparently shot at close range came to light in Bucha. They have sparked international condemnation, accusations of war crimes by US President Joe Biden and allegations of genocide by Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy. Russian officials say the photos were “directed” by Ukrainian forces to garner support from the West – and those who appeared dead were killed after the withdrawal of Russian troops. But satellite images from Planet, posted on Twitter by the investigative journalism team Bellingcat on March 11, confirm that the white building at the scene of the cyclist shooting was destroyed that day – about three weeks before the Russians left. Further aerial footage from March 19 also appears to contradict Moscow’s claims about what happened in Bucha. They show the same area of ​​the city, which is 16 miles from Kyiv, with sidewalks strewn with corpses. This date is also more than a week before Russian forces leave the area and confirms that the bodies have been there for weeks. Image: This satellite image of Yablonska Street in Bucha from March 19 shows corpses on the street. Photo: Maxar Zelensky spoke to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, saying Russia was “pursuing a policy of destroying national and religious diversity during its invasion of Ukraine.” Urging member states to support a war crimes investigation, he added that Moscow was “deliberately creating conditions in the occupied territories so that as many civilians as possible could be killed”. Targeting unarmed civilians is a violation of international humanitarian warfare. Ukraine and its Western allies are gathering evidence of possible war crimes prosecutions since the start of the conflict. However, Professor Clarke says that despite the visuals, Russia could support many reasons to shoot the cyclist, which makes it very difficult to prosecute war crimes. They could claim that the person was clearly not a citizen or that he or she might have posed a terrorist threat. Alternatively, they could argue that the vehicle was shooting at something that was not visible or accidentally left, he added. Image: Sky’s Mark Austin to interview Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peshkov The Data and Forensics team is a multi-skill unit dedicated to providing transparent journalism from Sky News. We collect, analyze and visualize data to tell data-based stories. We combine traditional reporting skills with advanced analysis of satellite imagery, social media and other open source information. Through multimedia storytelling we aim to better explain the world, while showing how our journalism is done. Why Data Journalism Matters to Sky News