{"id":1417549,"date":"2022-04-04T08:16:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T12:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417549"},"modified":"2022-04-04T08:16:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T12:16:31","slug":"russia-denies-ukraine-accusations-of-civilian-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-denies-ukraine-accusations-of-civilian-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Denies Ukraine Accusations of Civilian \u201cMassacre\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-denies-ukraine-accusations-of-civilian-massacre%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417549&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body__context_widget__Q3xE9 article-body__element__OOj6H\">\n<div class=\"context-widget__content__1cb4b\">\n<ul class=\"summary__summary__3oBN8\">\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__body__yKS5U body__base__22dCE body__body_alt__2kEQu summary__point__eci4G\">Ukrainians accuse Russia of atrocities in Kyiv region<\/li>\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__body__yKS5U body__base__22dCE body__body_alt__2kEQu summary__point__eci4G\">Russia denies accusations, calls for UN meeting<\/li>\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__body__yKS5U body__base__22dCE body__body_alt__2kEQu summary__point__eci4G\">German minister: EU must discuss Russian gas import ban<\/li>\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__body__yKS5U body__base__22dCE body__body_alt__2kEQu summary__point__eci4G\">Ukrainian, European officials call for war crimes probe<\/li>\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__body__yKS5U body__base__22dCE body__body_alt__2kEQu summary__point__eci4G\">Fighting continues in other parts of Ukraine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-0\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">BUCHA, Ukraine, April 3 (Reuters) &#8211; Ukraine on Sunday accused Russian forces of carrying out a &#8220;massacre&#8221; in the town of Bucha, while Western nations reacted to images of dead bodies there with calls for new sanctions against Moscow.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Russia&#8217;s defence ministry denied the Ukrainian allegations, saying footage and photographs showing bodies in Bucha were &#8220;yet another provocation&#8221; by the Ukrainian government.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-2\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">The images from the town, 37 km (23 miles) northwest of Kyiv&#8217;s city centre, emerged after Ukraine said on Saturday its forces had reclaimed control of the whole Kyiv region and liberated towns from Russian troops.<\/p>\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__container__ia3bM registration-prompt__inline__1zdn0 article-body__element__OOj6H article-body__inline-registration-prompt__39Ed8\">\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__text-content__1_ijH\">\n<h5 class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__white__3r45t text__medium__1kbOh text__heading_5__2krbj heading__base__2T28j heading__heading_5__2A2g- registration-prompt__heading__1zL6F\">Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com<\/h5>\n<p><button class=\"button__button__2Ecqi button__secondary__18moI button__round__1nYLA text-button__container__3q3zX registration-prompt__button-text__2ySbK\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__bold__2-8Kc text__default__UPMUu text-button__medium__113uZ\">Register<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-3\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">They prompted outrage in Ukraine and abroad, adding to pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin by increasing the likelihood of further Western sanctions. Western nations have already sought to isolate Russia economically and punish it for the invasion, which began on Feb. 24.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-4\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">&#8220;Bucha massacre was deliberate,&#8221; Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-5\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken described the images as &#8220;a punch in the gut,&#8221; while United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-6\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Russia must pay for &#8220;war crimes.&#8221; British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government would step up sanctions, as well as military and humanitarian support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">&#8220;Putin and his supporters will feel the consequences,&#8221; said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, adding that Western allies would agree on further sanctions in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-8\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Germany&#8217;s defence minister Christine Lambrecht said the European Union must discuss banning the import of Russian gas &#8211; a departure from Berlin&#8217;s prior resistance to the idea of an embargo on Russian energy imports. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-must-pay-war-crimes-bucha-germany-says-2022-04-03\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-9\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Russia requested that the U.N. Security Council convene on Monday to discuss what Moscow called a &#8220;provocation by Ukrainian radicals&#8221; in Bucha. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-asks-un-security-council-discuss-bucha-provocation-2022-04-03\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-10\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">The defence ministry in Moscow described photos and videos from the town as a &#8220;staged performance.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-11\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Russia has previously denied targeting civilians and has rejected allegations of war crimes in what it calls a &#8220;special military operation&#8221; aimed at demilitarising and &#8220;denazifying&#8221; Ukraine. Ukraine says it was invaded without provocation.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-12\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">On Saturday, Reuters saw bodies in a mass grave and still lying on the streets, while on Sunday the mayor of Bucha, Anatoliy Fedoruk, showed reporters two corpses with white cloth tied around their arms, one of which appeared to have been shot in the mouth. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukrainian-mayor-shows-dead-bodies-liberated-city-bucha-2022-04-03\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-13\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Oleksiy Arestovych, an aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said Ukrainian troops had found the bodies of women who had been raped and set alight as well as the bodies of local officials and children.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-14\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Bucha&#8217;s mayor said 300 residents had been killed during a month-long occupation by the Russian army. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russian-retreat-leaves-trail-slain-civilians-town-near-kyiv-2022-04-02\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-15\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Reuters could not immediately verify the allegations by Arestovych and Fedoruk.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-16\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Ukraine&#8217;s foreign minister called on the International Criminal Court to collect evidence of what he called Russian war crimes, while the foreign ministers of France and Britain said their countries would support any such probe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body__element__OOj6H\" data-testid=\"gallery-0\">\n<div class=\"inline-gallery__detail__3HzWp\">\n<div class=\"caption__container__1o2DX inline-gallery__caption__3ZO1H\">\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__white__3r45t text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__base__22dCE body__caption__3L8vY caption__text__GE-bd caption__collapsed__XIFyB\">A soldier takes a photograph of his comrade as he poses beside a destroyed Russian tank and armoured vehicles, amid Russia&#8217;s invasion on Ukraine in Bucha, in Kyiv region, Ukraine April 2, 2022. REUTERS\/Zohra Bensemra     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"button__button__2Ecqi button__ghost__1gV9w button__round__1nYLA text-button__container__3q3zX caption__readmore__V8B-O caption__collapsed__XIFyB\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__bold__2-8Kc text__default__UPMUu text-button__medium__113uZ\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-17\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">However, legal experts say a prosecution of Putin or other Russian leaders would face high hurdles and could take years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/how-could-russias-putin-be-prosecuted-war-crimes-ukraine-2022-03-22\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-18\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Human Rights Watch said it had documented &#8220;several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations&#8221; in the Ukrainian regions of Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Kyiv. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/human-rights-watch-accuses-russian-forces-apparent-war-crimes-ukraine-2022-04-03\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-19\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Ukraine&#8217;s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said prosecutors investigating possible war crimes by Russia had found 410 bodies in towns near Kyiv, of which 140 had been examined.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-20\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">FIGHTING IN SEVERAL AREAS<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-21\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Russia has pulled back forces that had threatened Kyiv from the north, saying it intends to focus on eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-22\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Fighting was reported on Sunday in several parts of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-23\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">The governor of the eastern Donetsk region said shelling had continued throughout the night and day. Russian shelling killed seven people in Kharkiv, Ukraine&#8217;s second-largest city, according to the regional prosecutor&#8217;s office. <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-24\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Missiles struck near the southern port of Odesa, with Russia saying it had destroyed an oil refinery used by the Ukrainian military. The Odesa city council said &#8220;critical infrastructure facilities&#8221; were hit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/series-explosions-heard-ukrainian-port-odesa-reuters-witness-2022-04-03\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-25\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Dmytro Lunin, governor of the central Poltava region, said the Kremenchug oil refinery, 350 km (220 miles) northeast of Odesa, had been destroyed in a separate rocket attack on Saturday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/series-explosions-heard-ukrainian-port-odesa-reuters-witness-2022-04-03\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-26\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Two blasts were heard in the Russian city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine on Sunday, two witnesses told Reuters, days after Russian authorities accused Ukrainian forces of striking a fuel depot there. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/blasts-heard-russian-city-belgorod-near-border-with-ukraine-witnesses-2022-04-03\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-27\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Ukraine evacuated 2,694 people from conflict zones in the southeastern port of Mariupol and the region of Luhansk on Sunday, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said. Ukrainian officials were in talks with Russia to allow several Red Cross buses to enter Mariupol, she added.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-28\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">The Red Cross abandoned earlier attempts due to security concerns. Russia blamed the charity for the delays. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/red-cross-still-trying-get-people-out-mariupol-russia-says-it-failed-2022-04-02\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-29\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Mariupol is Russia&#8217;s main target in Ukraine&#8217;s southeastern region of Donbas, and tens of thousands of civilians there have been trapped for weeks with scant access to food and water. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/mariupol-residents-flee-russian-forces-hunt-ukrainian-fighters-2022-04-02\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-30\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">There was little sign of a breakthrough in efforts to negotiate an end to the war, although Russia&#8217;s chief negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, said talks were due to resume on Monday via videoconference.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-31\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">Medinsky said that while Ukraine was showing more realism by agreeing to be neutral, renouncing nuclear weapons, not joining a military bloc and refusing to host military bases, there had been no progress on other key Russia demands.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-claims-control-over-kyiv-region-russia-looks-east-2022-04-03\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-32\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\">&#8220;I repeat again and again: Russia&#8217;s position on Crimea and Donbas remains UNCHANGED,&#8221; 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