With the withdrawal of large Russian troops from the area around Kiev, the Western media began to manipulate the so-called "butcha massacre" of the Russian army's "genocide". It is reported that with the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Bucha and Ilping regions northwest of Kiev, Ukrainian detachments began to gradually take over these towns, but in the past two days, the Ukrainian army has released photos and videos of the so-called massacre of civilians by the Russian army. However, the Russian side refused to admit it, believing that this was just a slander on the Ukrainian side and that "there are too many loopholes."
It is reported that on April 3 and April 4, the Ukrainian military propaganda department posted a series of photos of civilian corpses on the streets of Bucha town on social media accounts, and at the same time accused the Russian army of retaliating against Ukrainian civilians. According to photos released by Ukraine's Defense Ministry, a large number of bodies were randomly discarded on the roadside streets, dressed in civilian clothing, and some were tied with their hands behind their backs.
In an interview with Western media, The mayor of Bouta, Fidoluk, claimed that at least three hundred to four hundred named local people had been massacred by russian troops, 280 of whom were buried in mass graves, while the latest Ukrainian official accounts said they had found at least 420 civilian bodies. According to the Minister of the Interior, they judged that a large number of residents had been killed and there was no way to calculate the true number, because the number of local residents missing was even higher, and the exact number could only be counted after the end of the war.
It is reported that the Ukrainian side is clearing mines in the area and looking for the remains of the slain, there is news that Ukrainian President Zelenskiy appeared in the town of Butcha on the 4th and inspected the defense of the Ukrainian army, this is the first time zelenskiy appeared in areas outside Kiev City, his appearance is to continue to strengthen the publicity of the "Buga Massacre", so that more Western media will spread the information they need. Zelenskiy accused the Russian military of carrying out a policy of "genocide" in Ukraine in order to eliminate as many local people as possible in order to deter the Ukrainian people.
In the past few days, as the so-called "Buga massacre" has continued to ferment, the Western media seem to have launched one "accusation after another" against Russia under unified command, and they have demanded the establishment of an independent investigation team to go to the town of Bucha to investigate the "war crimes" of attacking and massacring civilians during the "invasion" of Ukraine by the Russian army. Even the U.N. secretary-general issued a statement saying he hoped the killing of civilians in the town of Butcha would be "independently investigated."
In this regard, the Russian side immediately issued a statement denying the so-called "Buga Massacre" and saying that the photos and videos of the so-called civilians being killed were "ghosts" by the Zelensky government, with the purpose of throwing dirty water and pressure on the Russian side. The Russian military statement pointed out that no civilians were violently killed during the Russian occupation of the town of Butcha, and the Russian army also distributed more than 400 tons of humanitarian relief materials to the residents of Kiev Oblast to help heal the wounded.
It should be pointed out that the Russian army withdrew from Butcha and Irpin the day after the Turkish negotiations, and the mayor of Bucha, Fidoluk, claimed that there were no Russian troops in the city on the third day after the negotiations. Russian presidential spokesman Peskov pointed out that it is absurd to accuse the Russian military of committing war crimes based on just a flawed video and a few photos.
"These so-called evidentiary materials have neither been expertly identified nor provided with any source certification," he said. It is only the despicable tactics of the Zelensky government to wage a war of opinion and cognition, and the Russian side believes that under the current circumstances, it will become meaningless to continue negotiations with Ukraine."
Analysts pointed out that the so-called "Butcha massacre" is logically unreasonable, and since the Russian army entered Ukraine, it has tried its best to avoid hurting civilians, in order to reduce the chance of being pointed out by outsiders, and even more to win the hearts and minds of Ukrainians.
Is it in Russia's strategic interest to lay civilian corpses on the streets, retaliate against civilians before withdrawing, and throw them into the wilderness? Obviously this is not in line with the most basic facts. Zelenskiy, who became popular in Ukraine for his TV series, has been caught several times during the conflict and pointed out that his video content is fake, such as his March video repeatedly using the Ukrainian presidential palace as a background, but the rough green screen technology makes him and the background behind him look extremely incongruous.