{"id":1417612,"date":"2022-04-04T08:45:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T12:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417612"},"modified":"2022-04-04T08:45:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T12:45:05","slug":"satellite-photos-show-mass-grave-in-ukraine-russia-denies-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/satellite-photos-show-mass-grave-in-ukraine-russia-denies-involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite Photos Show Mass Grave in Ukraine, Russia Denies Involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fsatellite-photos-show-mass-grave-in-ukraine-russia-denies-involvement%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=1417612&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--><p class=\"subheading\">Space imaging company Maxar Technologies published satellite images over the weekend that appear to show earthworks of a mass grave in the wake of the withdrawing Russian army at Bucha, Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters reported on Sunday its journalists on the ground in Bucha had witnessed a mass grave at a church, but could not confirm if it was the same site that Maxar\u2019s satellites pictured (see above).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The photos surfaced after the publication of shocking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/03\/pics-ukraine-forces-find-bodies-littering-streets-as-russia-retreats-from-kyiv-region\/\">images<\/a>\u00a0from Bucha this weekend following the departure of Russian forces, taken by journalists for Getty Images, the Associated Press, and other international institutions. The photos showed Bucha\u2019s streets littered with corpses, incinerated vehicles, and war debris. Ukrainian officials claim some of the corpses had their hands tied and showed clear signs of being civilians, indicating war crimes had taken place.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has characteristically denied any involvement with the mass graves or any other evidence of atrocities and is calling for a U.N. Security Council meeting to condemn Ukraine for accusing Russia of war crimes in Bucha. Going further, Russian officials accused Ukrainian soldiers of committing atrocities against the country\u2019s own civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Maxar published two images of the site of Bucha\u2019s\u00a0Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints, one reportedly taken on March 10 and another on March 31. The first appears to show excavation; the latter a mound of soil that suggests burial. Maxar reportedly did not attempt to independently confirm that the site was a mass grave with on-the-ground research, but did refer to a \u201cgrave site\u201d on the photos, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: A mass grave has been identified in Bucha, Ukraine, northwest of Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>The first signs of the excavation were seen on March 10th. More recent coverage on March 31st shows the grave site with an approximately 45-foot long trench.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf7: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maxar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maxar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Omk7Y1Wb3r\">pic.twitter.com\/Omk7Y1Wb3r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexsalvinews\/status\/1510745002892271616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reuters added to Maxar\u2019s reporting by stating that its journalists in Bucha found mass graves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReuters journalists who visited Bucha on Saturday saw bodies lying on the streets of the town, 37 km (23 miles) northwest of the capital Kyiv,\u201d the news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/satellite-images-show-45-foot-long-trench-grave-site-bucha-maxar-2022-04-03\/\">asserted<\/a>. \u201cA mass grave at one church was still open, with hands and feet poking through the red clay heaped on top.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReuters could not immediately verify the images. It was not clear if the images disseminated by Maxar were of the same church visited by Reuters journalists on Saturday,\u201d it added.<br \/>Ukrainian\u00a0Defense Minister Dmytro Kuleba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/03\/pics-ukraine-forces-find-bodies-littering-streets-as-russia-retreats-from-kyiv-region\/\">accused<\/a> Russian forces of \u201ckilling civilians while leaving \u2026 just because they wanted to kill\u201d in remarks this weekend following reports that Russian military officials were reconfiguring their presence around Kyiv. Other Ukrainian authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-04-04\/ukraine-latest-satellite-mass-grave-bucha-kyiv-peace-talks\/100963202\">claimed<\/a> that incoming troops counted 410 bodies on the streets of several towns in the Kyiv suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Russian government of \u201cgenocide\u201d in an interview with CBS\u2019\u00a0<em>Face the Nation<\/em> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIndeed, this is genocide. The elimination of the whole nation and the people,\u201d Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/04\/03\/zelensky-russia-committing-genocide-in-ukraine\/\">said<\/a>, adding, \u201cWe are the citizens of Ukraine and we don\u2019t want to be subdued to the policy of Russian Federation. This is the reason we are being destroyed and exterminated, and this is happening in the Europe of the 21st century. So this is the torture of the whole nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20509382\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1389328651.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A funeral procession for Ukrainian soldier Dmitry Zhelisko makes its way to the cemetery on April 03, 2022 in Rusyn, Ukraine. Zhelisko died fighting the Russian army near the town of Kharkiv.\u00a0 (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In remarks to the Ukrainian people on Sunday, Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3447835-zelensky-concentrated-evil-has-come-to-our-land.html\">referred<\/a> to Russian forces as \u201cconcentrated evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAfter what was revealed in Bucha and our other cities the occupiers were expelled from. Hundreds of people were killed. Tortured, executed civilians. Corpses on the streets,\u201d Zelensky announced. \u201cMined area. Even the bodies of the dead were mined!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky then listed several abuses allegedly documented in Kyiv suburbs:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I want every mother of every Russian soldier to see the bodies of the killed people in Bucha, in Irpin, in Hostomel. What did they do? Why were they killed? What did the man who was riding his bicycle down the street do? Why were ordinary civilians in an ordinary peaceful city tortured to death? Why were women strangled after their earrings were ripped out of their ears? How could women be raped and killed in front of children? How could their corpses be desecrated even after death? Why did they crush the bodies of people with tanks?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3447522-they-even-stole-womens-panties-how-russian-fascists-were-fleeing-kyiv-suburbs.html\">Ukrinform<\/a>, Ukraine\u2019s state media outlet, also published graphic photos of corpses in the streets of Kyiv suburbs and accused Russian \u201cfascists\u201d of a long list of human rights crimes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe bitches were running away, losing their ammunition. They looted everything,\u201d a quote from an unnamed alleged civilian in Ukrinform read. \u201cThey went from house to house and took away even women\u2019s panties. Tell me: they don\u2019t have panties?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Russian government denied any involvement in human rights atrocities and accused Ukraine of spreading \u201cvideo forgeries and various fakes\u201d to destroy Moscow\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe categorically reject any accusations. Moreover, we believe that this issue should be discussed at the highest possible level\u201d, spokesman for Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, <a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/20220404\/kremlin-russia-categorically-rejects-claims-of-involvement-in-deaths-of-people-in-bucha-1094460349.html\">said<\/a> following the accusations. Russia\u2019s state outlet Sputnik added that Peskov claimed the Russian Defense Ministry \u201crevealed signs of video forgeries and various fakes regarding the materials from Bucha.\u201d Sputnik added that other Russian officials claimed that \u201cUkrainian forces shelled the city after Russian troops had already withdrawn.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With Russian forces having pulled back from their northern positions near Kyiv after encountering fierce resistance, counter-attacking Ukrainians and photo-journalists have encountered scenes of devastation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OapB2GdGTH\">https:\/\/t.co\/OapB2GdGTH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1510592177189097480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov claimed that, rather than committing human rights atrocities in Bucha, the Russian soldiers provided \u201chumanitarian aid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to emphasize with full responsibility that not a single civilian suffered from violence when the town was controlled by the Russian Armed Forces,\u201d Antonov said, Russian news agency Tass <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1431827\">reported<\/a> on Monday. \u201cOn the contrary, our troops delivered 452 tonnes of humanitarian aid for civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the town of Bucha right after Russian troops had left was deliberately ignored in the US. This is what could have caused civilian casualties. That said, the Kiev regime is clearly trying to blame its atrocities on Russia,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Foreign Minister\u00a0Sergei Lavrov <a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/20220404\/lavrov-situation-in-bucha-is-fake-attack-1094461483.html\">declared<\/a> the situation in Bucha \u201cyet another fake attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Russian government <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1431949\">announced<\/a> on Monday that it will demand a special U.N. Security Council meeting to condemn Ukraine for the situation in Bucha.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow Frances Martel on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1648810053232000&#038;usg=AOvVaw30V4MEINtT_qBdhdxrPfFt\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1648810053232000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3hyLBi2dMij1rHwvw_-JBu\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space imaging company Maxar Technologies published satellite images over the weekend that appear to show earthworks of a mass grave in the wake of the withdrawing Russian army at Bucha,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1417612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1417612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1417612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1417612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1417612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}