Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed the atrocities committed by Russian troops in certain parts of his country are worse than those carried out during the Nazi occupation 80 years ago. Members of the international media have reported witnessing bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture in Bucha after Russian soldiers withdrew from the city on the outskirts of Kyiv.
And, despite Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claiming that the dead bodies were “staged”, Mr Zelensky, in a video message that was released during the early hours of Tuesday morning, has warned that the "mass killing of civilians" could be even worse in other Ukrainian cities. He said: "There is ample evidence that it is Russian troops who destroy peaceful cities, abduct, torture, kill civilians.
"At present, there is information about more than 300 people killed and tortured in Bucha alone. It is likely that the list of victims will be much larger when the whole city is checked.
