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Head of Russian metals firm calls for Bucha war crimes inquiry

The wreckage of war in the streets of Bucha, Ukraine .
The wreckage of war in the streets of Bucha, Ukraine. Photograph: Carol Guzy/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

The chair of the Russian aluminium company Rusal has called for an impartial investigation into the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, which he described as a crime.

In a rare public comment from a Russian firm on the conflict, Bernard Zonneveld, a Dutch national, did not say who was to blame for the deaths of civilians in the town, instead urging an end to the “fratricidal” conflict.

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