KYIV, Ukraine: The United States was expected to announce tough new sanctions on Russia Wednesday, including a ban on new investments, a day after Ukraine's president showed...
KYIV, Ukraine: The United States was expected to announce tough new sanctions on Russia Wednesday, including a ban on new investments, a day after Ukraine's president showed the UN Security Council harrowing images of violence and accused Moscow of widespread atrocities.The sanctions come after an outcry over the discovery of dozens of bodies in civilian clothing in areas from which Russian troops have withdrawn around Ukraine's capital, including the town of Bucha.
are not confirmed by any eyewitnesses.'But satellite photos taken while Bucha was still under Moscow's control show what appear to be bodies lying in streets where the dead were later found by Ukrainian forces and seen by journalists.And multiple Bucha residents told AFP they had seen Russian soldiers killing civilians.'Right in front of my eyes, they fired on a man who was going to get food at the supermarket,' said 43-year-old Olena, who declined to give her family name.
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