The Latest Breaking News from Bucha

Horrifying photos emerged on Sunday of mass graves in the town of Bucha

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces braced for an intensified Russian onslaught against the eastern Donbas region Sunday as officials from Ukraine, the U.S. and other countries condemned Moscow over allegations of civilian executions.

French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned the "unbearable" images of murdered civilians in the Ukrainian commuter town of Bucha, near Kyiv, and said Russian authorities "must answer for these crimes".

Boris Johnson said the UK is stepping up its sanctions and military support, and bolstering humanitarian help for those on the ground.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia on Sunday of committing genocide in his country, as Western leaders condemned images emerging of dead Ukrainian civilians in a town abandoned by Russian forces outside the capital, Kyiv.

A recent Russian troop withdrawal from the Kyiv region has left apocalyptic scenes of death and destruction amid growing reports of atrocities, particularly in the suburb of Bucha. Western leaders and international human rights groups have called for an investigation into the incidents, while Russia denies killing civilians in Bucha.…

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A bombshell report by Human Rights Watch today said evidence had been uncovered of "unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence" directed toward the Ukrainian population

Russia on Sunday denied Ukrainian allegations that it had killed civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, describing footage and photographs of dead bodies as a "provocation" and a "staged performance" by Kyiv.

Poland's foreign minister called on Sunday for the international community to help Ukraine investigate the actions of the Russian army in the region around Kyiv, as outrage grew over the discovery of dead bodies in the town of Bucha.

Ukraine has accused Russia of war crimes in the town of Bucha just outside Kyiv, with Germany, France and others expressing outrage at the images of dead civilians.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said images of dead Ukrainian civilians found in the town of Bucha after Russian troops left were a "punch in the gut" and those responsible for any war crimes must be held accountable.