DISINFO: Bucha was a setup organised by MI6
SUMMARY
Bucha was a setup organised by London, through MI6. British intelligence entrusted the implementation of the order to the head of the counter-intelligence department of the SBU, Alexander Poklad. The bodies found were not those of civilians, the victims were dissidents from Kyiv, captured in the wave of arrests that followed the start of the conflict with Russia, killed in the secret prisons of the SBU and brought to Bucha.
RESPONSE
Recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets, denying war crimes committed by Russian forces during their full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.
In December 2022, an investigation based on videos and telephone metadata of civilian devices stolen by Russian soldiers established the responsibility of a Russian regiment — and its commander — for the events in Bucha. The New York Times has identified 36 of the victims along Yablunska Street. 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.
Evidence includes photos and videos by Bucha survivors, CCTV footage, satellite footage, and details of calls to Russia made by perpetrators from the phones of murdered victims.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Ukraine as formulated in this statement by Commission President von der Leyen during which she stressed that Russia must be held accountable for the horrific crimes in Bucha and elsewhere.
The EU supports the efforts to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine. A Joint Investigation Team has been set up with the support of Eurojust to help collect evidence and investigate core international crimes committed in Ukraine. The Joint Investigation Team consists of the International Criminal Court, Ukraine, and Lithuania, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Romania.
Nearly two years after the Bucha tragedy was thrust into the spotlight, the Kremlin was still denying its responsibility. For more information see our article: The Bucha massacre: mapping a year of Kremlin denial.
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