Mass graves and civilian deaths discovered in Bucha after Russian withdrawal

In early April 2022, following the withdrawal of Russian forces from Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities and international media documented mass graves and the bodies of hundreds of civilians, including evidence of summary executions. Local officials reported recovering 458 bodies, with 419 killed by weapons. The discoveries prompted international condemnation and calls for war crimes investigations, with the UN and Human Rights Watch documenting unlawful killings.