Bucha massacre

The National Guard of Ukraine filmed its entering into the town north of Kiev where the alleged massacre took place. They were first in the town after the withdrawal of Russian troops. The video clearly shows no dead bodies on the streets. That casts serious doubts on the later claims of Russian involvement in killings of civilians. Most probably, the following Ukrainian troops shot them as reprisals for the unloyal.

On the 31st of March, the Mayor of Bucha Anatoliy Fedoruk announced that the town was again under full control of the Ukranian government. The relevant video was posted by «Ukraine 24» channel on the 1st of April. There was not a signle word on any dead bodies on the streets of the town in the video. Zhan Beleniuk, a deputy of the Ukrainian parliament, also reported about visiting Bucha after regaining control by the Ukrainian government. No dead bodies on the streets were mentioned. Both statements were made in a joyful manner without any reservations about atrocities.

The group of Sergey Korotkih was in Bucha on the 1st or the 2nd of April. Again, he made no reference to murder of civilians. The claim of alleged killings of local civilians by the Russian forces came noticeably later. It would be absolutely impossible not to notice numerous dead bodies on the streets for those who made initial reports from Bucha. The dead bodies appeared on the streets much later after the Russian withdrawal from the town.

To understand video materials from Bucha, it is necessary to know the "friend-or-foe" markings used by belligerents in Ukraine. The Ukrainian forces use either blue or yellow armlets or stripes (colored adhesive tape, ribbons, etc.). The Russian forces - red or white. Because members of Ukrainian militia don't always wear military uniforms, local civilians in Bucha wore white stripes on their upper arms when the Russian forces were stationed in Bucha. That was done to prevent misidentification of civilians as members of the militia.

When the Ukrainian forces entered the town they fired at the people with white stripes, thus killing the civilians. There are videos shows a conversation between members of Ukrainian units from a "Boatsman boys" squad. One of them asks if he can shoot at the people without blue stripes. The other confirms that it can be done (with an expletive).

So the shooting at the civilians was done by Ukrainian units.