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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Berlin and Bethan McKernan in Kyiv

Russian soldiers ‘discussed killing civilians’ in Ukraine in radio intercepts

Civilians amid destruction on a street in Bucha after the withdrawal of the Russian army.
Civilians amid destruction on a street in Bucha after the withdrawal of the Russian army. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Radio transmissions in which Russian soldiers appear to talk among themselves about carrying out premeditated civilian killings in Ukraine have been intercepted by Germany’s foreign intelligence service, a source close to the findings has said.

The evidence was presented by officials from the foreign intelligence service, the BND, to parliamentarians on Wednesday.

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