By RT International
Moscow claims accusations of Bucha massacre by Russian forces are fake news
The Russian military has firmly denied accusations of mass killings of civilians in Bucha, a Ukrainian town northwest of Kiev. The claims have been raised by Ukraine itself, some Western media outlets and human rights groups, after Moscow had withdrawn its troops from the outskirts of Ukraineâs capital.
âAll photographs and video materials published by the Kiev regime, allegedly showing some kind of “crimes” by Russian military personnel in the town of Bucha, Kiev region, are yet another provocation,â the Russian Ministry of Defense said Sunday.
Russian troops had been pulled out from the area on March 30, the military said, pointing out that âthe so-called âevidence of crimesâ in Bucha appeared only on the fourth dayâ after the withdrawal, when Ukrainian intelligence and ârepresentatives of Ukrainian television arrived in the town.â