DISINFO: Britain is lying by saying that Bucha massacre is Russia's fault
SUMMARY
All Western media claim "it is Russia's fault". The Brits are saying "it is Russia's fault". Sanctions. Lies, lies, lies. [...]
Notice how everything is selected. The town of Bucha creates immediate associations with an English word "butcher". And they start playing with it, [claiming that] Putin will pay.
RESPONSE
Pro-Kremlin disinformation obfuscating atrocities against Ukrainian civilians committed by the Russian armed forces in Bucha, in the vicinity of Kyiv.
Russia's claims that video footage showing dead bodies on the streets of Bucha is staged have been fact-checked and debunked by the BBC, Bellingcat, The Atlantic Council, Mediazona and others.
Accounts of violence against civilians in Bucha have been collected by the Human Rights Watch:
"On March 4, Russian forces in Bucha, about 30 kilometers northwest of Kyiv, rounded up five men and summarily executed one of them. A witness told Human Rights Watch that soldiers forced the five men to kneel on the side of the road, pulled their T-shirts over their heads, and shot one of the men in the back of the head. “He fell [over],” the witness said, “and the women [present at the scene] screamed.”
See also here.
The President of Ukraine, who visited the liberated town of Bucha, said:
"These are war crimes and they will be recognized by the world as genocide. We are aware of thousands of people killed and tortured, with their limbs cut off. Raped women, murdered children. I believe this is genocide"
The European Union has condemned in the strongest possible terms the reported atrocities committed by the Russian armed forces. The EU called for accountability for human rights and international law violations by the Russian Armed Forces, including full support for the investigation launched by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The UK government said it will support the ICC to ensure those responsible for war crimes in Bucha and elsewhere are held accountable.
Read more about the EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Read more about UK sanctions relating to Russia.
See a related disinformation claim, alleging that videos from Ukrainian town Bucha are context-and-evidence-free