The full text of the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
“All the photographs and video materials published by the Kiev regime, allegedly testifying to some kind of “crimes” by Russian military personnel in the city of Bucha, Kiev region, are another provocation.
During the time this settlement was under the control of the Russian armed forces, not a single local resident suffered from any violent actions. Russian military personnel delivered and issued 452 tons of humanitarian aid to the settlements of the Kiev region.
All the time while the city was under the control of the Russian armed forces, and even more so after, until today, in Bucha, local residents freely moved around the city and used cellular communications.
Departure from the city of Buchi was not blocked. All local residents had the opportunity to freely leave the settlement in a northern direction, including to the Republic of Belarus. At the same time, the southern outskirts of the city, including residential areas, were fired around the clock by Ukrainian troops from large-caliber artillery, tanks and multiple launch rocket systems.
We would like to especially note that all Russian units completely withdrew from Bucha on March 30, the day after the in-person round of talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey.
Moreover, on March 31, the mayor of the city of Buchi, Anatoly Fedoruk, confirmed in his video message that there were no Russian soldiers in the city, but did not even mention any local residents shot in the streets with their hands tied.
Therefore, it is not surprising that all the so-called evidence of crimes in Bucha appeared only on the fourth day, when SBU officers and representatives of Ukrainian television arrived in the city.
Of particular concern is the fact that all the bodies, the images of which were published by the Kiev regime, after at least four days have not stiffened, do not have characteristic cadaveric spots, and unclotting blood in the wounds.
All this irrefutably confirms that the photographs and video footage from Bucha are another production of the Kiev regime for the Western media, as was the case in Mariupol with the maternity hospital, as well as in other cities.
Galip SV Liwagu