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Guy Faulconbridge

Kremlin says Bucha is 'monstrous forgery' aimed at smearing Russia

A view of a house that was destroyed by Russian shelling, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha, in Kyiv region, Ukraine April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Western allegations Russian forces committed war crimes by executing civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha were a "monstrous forgery" aimed at denigrating the Russian army.

Since Russian troops withdrew from towns and villages around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Ukrainian troops have been showing journalists corpses of what they say are civilians killed by Russian forces, destroyed houses and burnt-out cars.

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