Russian war crimes alleged in Ukraine

 Washington Examiner:

Ukraine's top prosecutor said on Sunday that so far, the bodies of 410 dead civilians have been found in recently liberated towns outside Kyiv, a massacre that one Ukrainian official is calling a "planned genocide."

The bodies were found buried in mass graves, stuffed into sewers, and scattered in plain sight in the streets of Irpin, Bucha, and Hostomel. Ukrainian prosecutors entered the towns on Sunday as part of an investigation into possible war crimes by Russia but need more time and resources to determine the extent of the loss of civilian life. However, some Ukrainian officials have already seen enough to determine that "concentrated evil" swept through these towns and that the atrocities were meant to be covered up.
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In Bucha, hundreds of civilians were found buried in a mass grave on Saturday, according to Ukrainian officials. The town's mayor said that 300 residents were killed by Russian troops while Chechen soldiers controlled the area. Satellite imagery dating back to March 10 allegedly shows the trenches for the gravesite in Bucha already being dug.

Russia has denied that Vladimir Putin's troops killed civilians in Bucha. It has also accused Ukraine and Western media outlets of staging scenes of civilian deaths.

At least one Ukrainian official is accusing Russia of planning the mass murder of civilians all along as part of its war tactics, citing reports of mobile crematoriums following Russian military vehicles into Ukrainian towns.

"[Russia] came in [to Ukraine] with military bands and columns of the Rosguard. But they were followed by mobile crematories. Why do you need them if you don’t believe in resistance? Now we know — to hide war crimes. This is not a performer's mistake. This is a planned genocide," Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office, said on Sunday.

Podoliak noted that some bodies were found with their hands tied behind their backs, demonstrating the killings were deliberate.

"Bodies of men and women, who were killed with their hands tied. The worst crimes of Nazism have returned ... This was purposely done by Russia," Podoliak said.
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There is more.

The images are hard to hide.  It seems clear that the Russian troops were responsible for the deaths in the area they occupied.  A war crimes tribunal needs to be organized and instituted. 

See, also:

Horror Amid Scenes of Dead Civilians in Kyiv Suburbs

• President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the “indecision” of Western leaders, as E.U. nations remained divided over a possible cutoff of Russian gas.
• In Bucha, bodies lay in yards and roadways days after Russian troops withdrew from the area, pivoting toward southern and eastern Ukraine. Here’s the latest.