Satellite images released by US company Maxar Technologies and analysis of images taken by the AFP challenge Russian claims that the corpses of people in civilian clothing found in the Ukrainian town of Bucha were then placed there. of the departure of Russian troops.
In Maxar footage set in mid -March, several corpses of civilians were found dead on a Boutcha street or on the sidewalk.
The Ukrainian army just a few days ago recaptured this town northwest of kyiv from the Russians and Ukrainian authorities said over the weekend they found several bodies in Bucha after the removal of enemy troops.
” [Ces] high resolution photos […] verify recent videos and photos on social media showing the presence of corpses lying in the streets [de Boutcha] and abandoned for a few weeks. “
After comparing the photos provided by Maxar with video photos of bodies scattered on this street taken on April 1 and 2, the New York Times wrote that many of them had been there for at least three weeks, when Russian forces took control of the city.
Adoption of the review of New York Times, akoAFP was also able to cross-check these satellite images with photos taken on the spot on Saturday by his team, when he saw the corpses of at least 22 people wearing civilian clothing.
Many bodies in a satellite image, provided by Maxar and dated March 19, appear in the same position on the ground and in the same place as in the images ofAFPtaken two weeks later.
Russia has denied the allegations
On Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied the allegations by category all these accusations, ensuring that experts of the Russian Ministry of Defense have discovered signs of falsifications in footage presented by Ukrainian authorities as evidence of a massacre in Russia.
This denial was repeated in New York at a press conference by the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia.
Suddenly [ces corps] appeared in the streets, lying on the ground, one by one […] some are moving, others are showing signs of lifesaid Mr. Nebenzia, denouncing a presentation organized by the Ukrainian information war machine.
But again, a review of photos posted on social networks, as well as photos ofAFP and the testimonies of its publishers in the area weaken this version.
In its Telegram account, the Russian Ministry of Defense more specifically suspected the two bodies of moving, from a video taken on Yablonska Street and posted online on April 2.
However, a team AFPon the site on April 3, these two motionless bodies were photographed in the exact same place and in the same position as in the video.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Boutcha on Monday, where he denounced war crimes and one genocide after the discovery of dozens of corpses wearing civilian clothing in the city and in other localities near the Ukrainian capital.
You are here and you will see what happened. We know that thousands of people have been killed and tortured, their legs torn, women raped and children killed.he said at an improvised press briefing, after walking a few meters on a downtown street full of shredded corpses of Russian personnel carriers and armored vehicles, amid destroyed houses.
Source: Radio-Canada