"They were mothers, fathers, children and grandparents. Their lives became intertwined by a tragic fate: For weeks in March, their bodies would lie along a single street in Bucha. The photographs of these victims, published widely after Bucha was liberated, became emblematic of the indiscriminate way Russia would wage war in towns and cities across the country. Russian officials denied that their soldiers killed civilians in Bucha. They claimed that the images of the bodies were ‘fake’. Our visual investigation identifies the Russian military unit responsible for many of the killings along Yablunska Street. Watch the video here.The New York Times has identified 36 of the victims along Yablunska Street. We spoke to dozens of family members, friends and colleagues in Bucha to identify the people in the photographs — and used satellite imagery, cellphone videos, social media posts and text messages to retrace their final moments. ...”
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