The UN Office for Human Rights continues to analyze videos and other materials received about the alleged massacre in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, although they “seem to suggest” that civilians were deliberately killed there, something that would constitute a war crime, a spokeswoman said today.
“We are trying to access Bucha, we don't have direct information, but what we have seen is alarming,” office spokeswoman Liz Throssell said at a press conference.
He stressed that images showing bodies with their hands tied or burned could indicate that the aggressors were deliberately searching for such victims, which could increase the seriousness of the human rights violations committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, if the facts were confirmed.
“Last week High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet already spoke of possible war crimes in the context of bombing civilian infrastructures, but this appears to be a direct murder of civilians,” the spokeswoman stressed, who clarified that the images still need to be verified for veracity.
“In specific incidents, forensic analysis, monitoring and information gathering are needed to determine who did what,” stressed Throssell, stating that accountability often “takes time.”
The town of Bucha, some 60 kilometers from Kiev, was occupied by Russian forces during the weeks of siege of the capital, and images of mass graves and corpses in the streets have been disseminated following the withdrawal of invading troops, during the current retreat of Russia to eastern Ukraine.
Bachelet asked on Monday that measures should be taken to preserve evidence of alleged massacres of civilians attributed to the Russian Army, according to her the only means to determine what happened, establish accountability and bring justice.
(With information from EFE)
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