Russian Ukraine News Update Direct | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces “killers, torturers, rapists, looters” on Monday after dozens of bodies were found near Kyiv, triggering global anger and oath of new sanctions that were tough in Moscow. Local authorities said they had been forced to dig communal graves. To bury the dead accumulates on the streets, including some found with their hands bound behind their backs, in a scene that sent shock waves through the international capital more than a month into the Russian invasion.
Despite Russian refusal of responsibility, his criticism was fast, with Western leaders, NATO and the United Nations all voiced horror in the report of civilian killings in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, and elsewhere.
Zelensky cannot be triggered in the video message at night, warning “concentrated crime has come to our land”. He described Russian forces as “killers, torturers, rapists, looters, who called themselves soldiers and who deserved to only die after what they did”, spoke in Ukraine.
Russia Ukraine News LIVE Updates | Japan condemns attacks on Ukraine civilians
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters Monday that he strongly condemned the attack on civilians in the cities of Ukraine on the outskirts of Kyiv “as a violation of international law.” European leaders have condemned reported attacks, responding to the pictures of the body on the streets, including some with their hands tied behind them.
Kishida said, “Japan will firmly carry out what should be done” while working with the international community in the possibility of further sanctions against Russia. “We must highly condemn the problems and acts of human rights that violate international law,” added Kishida. Japan has imposed a series of sanctions against Russia in line with the United States and other Western countries.