March 31, Ukraine marks the fourth anniversary of the liberation of Bucha from the Russian invaders. For 4 years, the investigation identified more than 2,500 Russian troops who were in Bucha during the occupation. Law enforcement officers also investigated mass executions on the streets of Ivan Franko and Naberezhnaya, where the invaders stripped people, checked phones and shot them in the courtyards.
For 4 years, investigators identified 98.3% of those killed as a result of the occupation of residents of Bucha, the National Police of Ukraine reported, the portal PromPolitInform informs.
According to law enforcement officers, the bodies of the dead have already been handed over to their relatives for a decent burial.
The investigation also established more than 2,500 Russian troops who were in Bucha during the occupation, mainly talking about the military of the 234th assault regiment of the Russian Federation.
Identified 98% of the bodies of the dead in Bucha. Photo: NPU
97 occupants have already been informed of the suspicion, and indictments against 46 defendants have been brought to court.
Separately, an investigation is underway into the abduction and illegal export from Ukraine of more than 50 residents of Bucha.
The National Police also reported that all 12 Russian paratroopers who shot 16 civilians during an evacuation attempt on the streets of Vokzalnaya and Yablunskaya were identified.
Identified 98% of the bodies of the dead in Bucha. Photo: NPU
The commander, who, according to the investigation, gave the order to shoot at civilians, is suspected.
Law enforcement officers also investigated mass executions on the streets of Ivan Franko and Naberezhnaya, where the invaders stripped people, checked phones and shot them in the courtyards.
“To hide the traces, some of the bodies were burned – their remains were found by forensic experts in the first days after the de-occupation,” the National Police said in a statement.
Identified 98% of the bodies of the dead in Bucha. Photo: NPU
The police stressed that it was in the Bucha cases that the principle of command responsibility was first applied in Ukrainian practice in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.
This means that responsibility will be borne not only by the direct perpetrators of crimes, but also by commanders who gave orders or did not stop subordinates.
Identified 98% of the bodies of the dead in Bucha. Photo: NPU
Memories of the General Staff
Separately, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recalled that March 31, 2022 was the day of a turning point in the defense of the Kyiv region.
After the liberation of Irpin on March 28 and Demidov on March 30, the Russian group in Bucha was in a half-flow and began a hasty retreat towards Borodyanka and the border.
It was on this day that the Ukrainian military first saw the consequences of the massacres of civilians, which the world later learned as the “Buchan massacre.”
“March 31 will go down in the history of our settlement as the day of liberation from the Russian orcs,” – said then the mayor of Bucha Anatoly Fedoruk.
The liberation of Bucha opened the way to Gostomel and Vorzel and actually removed the immediate threat to Kyiv from the north-west direction.
Recall that the foreign ministers of the EU and Ukraine announced the creation of a special tribunal for the aggression of the Russian Federation.
Photo – National Police
