The Bucha massacre (Ukrainian: Бучанська різанина, romanized: Buchanska rizanyna; Russian: Резня в Буче, romanized: Reznya v Buche) was the mass murder of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war [12] by the Russian Armed Forces during the fight for and occupation of the city of Bucha as part of the Russian invasion ...

Apr 4, 2022 · Survivor of alleged Russian atrocities recounts his ordeal as analysts say development marks wake-up call for Western powers.

Apr 1, 2025 · On the first day of April in 2022, shocking videos began circulating on Ukrainian social media, showing the streets of Bucha, a town in Kiev region, strewn with dead bodies. The “Bucha massacre” quickly became one of the most widely discussed and controversial chapters of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Western media immediately accused the Russian army of mass killings, while ...

Bucha (Ukrainian: Буча, pronounced [ˈbutʃɐ] ⓘ) is a city in Ukraine 's Kyiv Oblast. Administratively, it serves as the administrative center of Bucha Raion. It hosts the administration of Bucha urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. [1] Its population is approximately 37,321 (2022 estimate).[2]

Mar 30, 2025 · Three years after Ukrainian forces liberated Bucha -- the Kyiv suburb where Russian troops committed some of the war’s worst known atrocities -- at least 33 civilians from the city remain ...

Apr 5, 2022 · Could what happened in Bucha constitute a war crime? The images from Bucha have prompted international condemnation and offers of bolstered support to Ukraine from the UK, EU and US.

Feb 23, 2024 · When the Russian occupation of Bucha in the early days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine ended in March 2022, widespread destruction was revealed, and a UN commission concluded that war...

5 days ago · The Kremlin has long-used Bucha in state propaganda, denying the extensively documented crimes committed by Russian forces.

Apr 17, 2022 · Bucha. Once a quiet dormitory town near Kyiv, it is now synonymous with the mass killing of civilians in the increasingly brutal war in Ukraine.

Apr 1, 2025 · “The world must learn the truth about Russian war crimes and the murder of innocent civilians,” European Union Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernova wrote in a post on Facebook on 31 March about the Bucha tragedy. This city in the Kyiv region was under Russian occupation from 5 to 31 March 2022. She also took part in a memorial ceremony, together with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, his ...