Caught on Camera, Traced by Phone: The Russian Military Unit That Killed Dozens in Bucha
Source: New York Times
When videos and photos emerged in April showing bodies of dozens of civilians strewn along a street in Bucha, Ukrainians and the rest of the world voiced horror and outrage. But in Russia, officials had a completely different reaction: denial.
President Vladimir V. Putin dismissed the gruesome scene as a provocation, and claimed that the Russian Army had nothing to do with it.
But an eight-month visual investigation by The New York Times concluded that the perpetrators of the massacre along Yablunska Street were Russian paratroopers from the 234th Air Assault Regiment led by Lt. Col. Artyom Gorodilov.
The evidence shows that the killings were part of a deliberate and systematic effort to ruthlessly secure a route to the capital, Kyiv. Soldiers interrogated and executed unarmed men of fighting age, and killed people who unwittingly crossed their paths whether it was children fleeing with their families, locals hoping to find groceries or people simply trying to get back home on their bicycles.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/video/russia-ukraine-bucha-massacre-takeaways.html
WARNING: potentially triggering video at link.
irisblue
(33,035 posts)BigOleDummy
(2,272 posts)Thank you
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)IronLionZion
(45,542 posts)State sponsored terrorism and war crimes.
FredGarvin
(485 posts)Beyond the reprobates mentioned in the article, the ENTIRE Russian military are not exempt from being horrific terrorists.
It's absurd that the world continues to make measured responses to this horror
IronLionZion
(45,542 posts)He could be captured like Eichmann and have a televised trial.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Submariner
(12,509 posts)in Nikita Khrushchev's face in 1962. Let's do it to Putin this time.
Put this video on a giant flat screen at the United Nations for the world to see and let's see the collective reaction and fallout from it.
mitch96
(13,926 posts)Play it 24 hrs a day/ 7days a week...
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bahboo
(16,364 posts)maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)It's standard operating procedure. Deny; never admit anything.
There would be no fallout. Russia's permanent presence on the UN Security Council means they'll veto any resolution.
BigOleDummy
(2,272 posts)And would fit in with Russias stated goals and "purpose" for their naked aggression.
As an aside, their trolls and bots and..... apologists are swarming the comments sections of the reporting of Mr. Zelenskiys visit. Its pitiful to see actually.
paleotn
(17,989 posts)They live it every single day. Only solace at this point is the 234th is most likely chewed up and rebuilt with poorly trained conscripts, if it still exists at all in any form other than paper.
FakeNoose
(32,777 posts)They've been able to target their bombs on certain hideouts, having seen the cellphone locations on their radar. Or maybe it's on their cell tower servers? I don't know. It seems monumentally stupid that Russians would be allowed to send and receive messages from traceable devices, doesn't it?
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keopeli
(3,525 posts)I work with Melanie and helped her re-election campaign significantly. She's got 'the right stuff'!
musclecar6
(1,692 posts)When you have a psychopath running Russia, its to be expected these horrible atrocities are going to happen. We just have to be thankful that our Orange amoral sociopath didnt get re-elected and by the looks of it, has no chance of winning the next time around. Thank goodness.
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