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A photo taken in Bucha in April showed a group of Ukrainian men who appeared to have been executed.
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An NYT investigation found the men had been taken into custody by Russian troops before they were apparently killed.
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A video shows Ukrainian prisoners being marched in line and flanked by Russian troops.
Videos from Bucha, Ukraine, appeared to show a group of Ukrainian prisoners being led at gunpoint by Russian troops just before they were executed.
The videos, obtained and verified by The New York Times, were captured on March 4 by a security camera and a civilian who witnessed the ordeal.
Footage from the security cameras shows a group of nine Ukrainians bent over, with the person’s pants in front of them and some with their hands above their heads, crossing a street in a single row. Two Russian soldiers with rifles can be seen leading the line in front and behind the group.
Eight witnesses told The Times that the inmates were then taken behind an office building, shots were heard and the group did not reappear.
Additional drone images obtained by The Times confirmed the witness statements and showed the groups’ bodies next to an office building as Russian soldiers stood over them.
The videos have not been independently verified by Insider.
The group of apparently executed men from the videos can also be seen in a photo taken on April 3. probably a war crime.”
Reports of atrocities and executions poured in from Bucha, a suburb of Kiev, after Russian troops began to withdraw in late March. Stories and images from Bucha fueled international calls for a trial against Russia for war crimes.
Russian officials have repeatedly rejected reports of atrocities in Bucha, calling them “fake.”
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