The New York Times published new video evidence of the atrocities of the russian occupiers in Bucha, Kyiv region. Video records from March 4 show the russians lining up columns of captured civilians before killing them. One man was in a bright blue jacket.
The occupiers took nine men hostage from their homes. They were gathered in one place, forced to line up one after another, then - to lie on the ground. After that, the recording was interrupted, but witnesses told reporters what happened next.
"Eight eyewitnesses told The Times what happened next. Soldiers took the men outside, behind the nearby office building, which the russians seized and turned into a makeshift base. There were shootings. The prisoners did not return," the reporters said.
A video of the drone, taken on March 5, proves the truth of the witnesses' words. It shows corpses lying near an office building on Yablunska Street, with two russian servicemen chatting next to them. One dead man was dressed in a remarkable blue jacket.
"A weekly investigation by The Times provides new evidence, including three videos of russian paratroopers capturing and deliberately executing men photographed in the yard, which directly indicates the involvement of these forces in a possible war crime," the journalists added.
The occupiers searched house after house in Bucha. Then they expelled all the men from their homes, examined them for tattoos that could indicate military affiliation, and forced them to go to their base at 144 Yablunska Street in the office building.
The men were handcuffed and brought to their knees. After that, the first one, 28-year-old Vitaliy, was shot dead. Then they brought another one inside their base - Andriy. He was interrogated, beaten, then killed.
Journalists were able to identify who the victims were. These are husbands and parents, employees of grocery stores and factories. Almost all of them lived a few minutes walk from the yard, where their bodies later appeared.
In Bucha, as in other occupied settlements, russians killed, tortured and raped civilians, including children and the elderly. The Kremlin denies the involvement of its soldiers in this, but numerous pieces of evidence gathered by both Ukrainian and international forces show that the occupiers committed atrocities and committed war crimes.