Italian Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio described the images of the massacre as “creepy” in a post on Twitter. “The bodies of Ukrainian civilians are on the ground, dead, their hands tied.
Persecution, death, fear,” he wrote.
The Farnesina minister also called for an investigation to be conducted “as soon as possible” to confirm the existence of “war crimes”. “This atrocity cannot go unpunished.
“The Russian war with the Ukrainian people must be stopped,” he said.
“The horror of the images from Bucha reminds us of the darkest times in history,” said former prime minister Giuseppe Conte, leader of the 5 Star Movement (M5S). “We must not succumb to the inevitability of war, we cannot accept this massacre. We must not remain silent in the face of this violence.”
European Union Economic Commissioner Italian Paolo Gentiloni considered that “the news and images of Bucha’s horrific war crimes” were “a distaste for those responsible”, “shame and dishonor”.
The massacre in the city on the outskirts of Kiev left many leaders stunned. According to Charles Michel, President of the European Council, “The EU is working on developing new sanctions against Russia and new support for Ukraine”.
Michel said he was “shocked by the images of atrocities committed by the Russian army in the now liberated Kyiv region.” “The EU is helping Ukrainians and NGOs gather evidence to take to international courts,” he said.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, also reacted to the information received from the regions around Kyiv after the Ukrainian forces regained control.
Von der Leyen said: “We are shocked by the reports of indescribable horror in the areas where the Russians are withdrawing. An independent investigation is urgently needed. The perpetrators of war crimes will be held to account.”
According to Human Rights Watch, there is “evidence of war crimes committed in Bucha,” as the Wall Street Journal reported.
The human rights group claimed to have interviewed a woman who saw Russian troops surrounded five men and killed one of them by shooting him in the back of the head. “We documented a clear case of extrajudicial executions by the armed forces of the Russian Federation in Bucha on March 4,” said the spokesperson for the organization.
The body of Oleksandr Sukhenko, a former football player of the Seagull Second League club, was found in a mass grave near Motyzhyn in the Bucha region, according to the Ukrainian agency UNIAN.
His family was killed along with his mother, Olga Sukhenko, the village headman of Motyzhyn, and his father, Igor Sukhenko, head of the local football team Kolos. (ANSA)
source: Noticias
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