KILLING FIELDS
Hundreds of Bucha massacre victims buried in mass grave as Putin gives the killers award for ‘heroism and bravery’
HARROWING images show corpses being buried in a mass grave after hundreds of innocent civilians were massacred in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
Workers can be seen digging plots and erecting crucifixes on the site as distraught family members said goodbye to their loved ones more than a fortnight after the ruthless killings took place.
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Funerals were conducted by Andriy Holovin, the priest of the Church of St Andrew Pervozvannoho All Saints, as ceremonies were held on behalf of the dead.
Hancrafted objects were placed on each of the marked gravestones after authorities tragically confirmed that more than 300 had been killed.
Priest Andriy previously said the bodies had been moved to the site after reporting that the rotten corpses were being feasted upon by dogs in apocalyptic scenes.
Images had previously showed the bodies of civilians scattered in the road and in shallow graves — many with bound hands and signs of torture.
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Some of them, from the wounds they had suffered, had been shot from close range.
Heavily mutilated corpses of what appeared to be men scattered along the floor of a children's camp as rescue works were seen carrying the innocent victims out in body bags.
Men, women and children were found handcuffed with a bullet in the head and chest as evidence of alleged torture chambers emerged online.
Women and children were also found by Ukrainian soldiers, having been raped and then murdered.
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The barbaric troops allegedly responsible for the atrocities were identified by Ukraine intelligence as the 64th Motor Rifle Brigade.
Today they were scandalously honoured by their President and granted the title as Guards as they were praised for "mass heroism and valour, tenacity and courage."
The barbarous pack, headed by Lieutenant Colonel Azatbek Omurbekov - dubbed the “Butcher of Bucha” reportedly conducted the Bucha slaughter as they scarpered from Kyiv after their botched attempt to take the Ukrainian capital.
Days later, Ukrainian intelligence suggested the troops were being redeployed in Belgorod in Western Russia amid claims that Russian commanders were refusing to rotate their brigades
The country’s defence ministry claimed troops were being sent to the "hottest spots" in the hope they will be slaughtered by Ukrainian fighters before they can testify before a war crime tribunal.
The Kremlin has continued to deny accusations its troops committed war crimes in Ukraine after suggesting chilling pictures of dead bodies strewn across Kyiv streets were staged by Ukraine and the West.
Heroic President Volodymyr Zelensky was visibly emotional as he visited the site just days after the mass graves were discovered.
The Ukrainian leader was flanked by security as he vowed to ensure that the “war crimes” committed by Russian soldiers on his country’s soil were “the last such evil on Earth”.
Boris Johnson later described the events as not “far short of genocide” as the EU's Ursula von der Leyen was later seen visiting the scene of the massacre.
It comes as the number of heads of state and former prime ministers backing calls for an international tribunal over Ukraine continues to rise amid widespread international condemnation of the events unfolding in Eastern Europe.
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The Butcher is now at the centre of a probe into the rape, pillage and murder of hundreds of Ukrainians.
International law states a military commander is responsible for any war crimes committed by his troops.
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