Topline
Ukrainian officials on Tuesday said they have opened an investigation into alleged torture and killing of civilians by Russian forces in the city of Bucha near Kyiv as the total tally of alleged Russian war crimes under investigation by Ukrainian prosecutors approached 4,500.
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Key Facts
Ukrainian officials are investigating the alleged torture, killing and attempted burning of bodies of six civilians in Bucha, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova tweeted, calling the incident “horrifying”.
The prosecutor general alleges that Russian troops tried to set fire to the bodies of the killed civilians to hide their crimes, but Ukrainian investigators have managed to detect traces of violence and torture against the six victims.
According to the official website of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, her office is now investigating 4,684 alleged war crimes committed by Russian forces on Ukrainian soil.
In a separate statement, Venediktova accused Russian soldiers of committing sexual violence against Ukrainian women and men, children and elderly people—and noted that many victims were silent about it due to “fear, pain, despair, total distrust of all.”
Big Number
167. That’s the total number of children in Ukraine who have been killed since Russia’s invasion in February, the prosecutor general’s office said on Wednesday. In addition to that more than 279 children have been injured so far.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/04/06/ukrainian-prosecutors-are-investigating-nearly-4700-alleged-war-crimes-by-russian-forces/