The Latest Breaking News from Bucha

Family, penury, and guilt are motivating refugees to come back.

Russia has been accused of carrying out a massacre in Bucha

Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians as well as committing war crimes in Ukraine

More than 400 bodies said to be buried at site, including women and children, with Ukrainian president likening discovery to massacre of Bucha

Hand on heart, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched his country’s flag rise Wednesday above the recaptured city of Izium, making a rare foray outside the capital while highlighting Moscow’s embarrassing retreat from a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Russian forces left the war-scarred city last week as Kyiv's soldiers pressed a stunning advance…

Vitalii Zhyvotovskyi, a 51-year old from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, is trying to rebuild his house after it was heavily damaged during Russia’s occupation of the area earlier this year. The roof was destroyed, the inside gutted by fire and many of the windows blown out.

Roman Herasymenko, 57, was shot in his hometown in Ukraine by Russian soldiers, his mother said, as he tried to recover a SIM card from his mobile phone which they had smashed. He struggled home but died hours later.

On February 24, Russia launched a full-scale assault on Ukraine. These are the main events of the war over six months.

Thousands have fled Saltivka but those left have nowhere else to go as the war reaches its six months anniversary since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion on February 24