Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office has launched a preliminary investigation into ten Russian soldiers suspected of committing war crimes in Butsa.
The attorney general said via Twitter that the investigation targeted ten soldiers of the 64th Motorized Brigade, which belongs to the 35th Army, “for brutal treatment of civilians and other violations of the law of war.”
According to this investigation, Russian soldiers, during the occupation of Boutsa in March, “held hostage civilians who did not take part in the hostilities and were not armed. The occupiers did not give them any food or water.”
“The suspects forced them to their knees, covered their eyes with cloth and adhesive tape, tied their hands with plastic handcuffs and threatened to kill them, deliberately shooting in their direction,” the statement continued.
“In order to get information about the location of the Ukrainian soldiers and, in one case without reason, the Russian soldiers wounded the civilians.” The detainees received “punches and kicks to the feet, toes and torso. The occupiers also looted the locals, taking their personal belongings and household equipment.”
The prosecutor clarified that the ten suspects are wanted, in order to be arrested and brought to justice.
This is the first time a war crimes investigation has been launched in Boutsa since the bodies of 20 politically dressed men were found on a city street on April 2, a worldwide outcry.
The Ukrainians accuse the Russians of war crimes, but Moscow denies any responsibility and claims the Bucha massacre was “directed” by Kyiv.
Source: Capital
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