A New York Times Investigation Names and Faces Killers and Gets Executed
Never in history has a war been more in the media than the one in Ukraine. It will be difficult to cover up the crimes of one or the other, as evidenced by the New York Times investigation that documents step-by-step the execution of at least eight people in Bucha by Russian soldiers on March 4.
The images of the group of prisoners with eyes blindfolded and hands behind their necks, recorded by the security cameras of a nearby company, are the last in which these Ukrainian men appear alive. Russian paratroopers turned their guns on them as they crossed the street, forcing them to line up to a nearby office building where they would be executed. “Go right, motherfuckers!” one of them calls to them.
The witnesses who interviewed the New York newspaper to string together the obtained images filled in the gaps, which were not many. “The hostages are on the ground, there, behind the fence”, hears the person behind a telephone, who also recorded the execution. “There’s one, two, three, sure, four, five, six…” Nine in all. The bright blue sweatshirt one is wearing stands out from a distance.
The video does not capture the moment of the execution, but eight witnesses interviewed by The New York Times heard the shots. The men never came back. The next day, a drone filmed eight bodies lying handcuffed on the ground, confirming the witnesses’ version. Two Russian soldiers were still near the bodies, photos of which allow them to be identified. The man in the light blue sweatshirt sat between them, in a fetal position with the hood pulled over his neck. Some had no shirts on, others came out of their heads. They were missing their shoes, most of them had razors.
144 Yabluska Street was an office building that the Russian invaders turned into makeshift barracks. The footage captured by the drones picks up two Russian tanks and a Russian military truck in the parking lot behind it. The New York newspaper claims to have spent “weeks” interviewing survivors, witnesses, coroners, police and military personnel who were in the city on the outskirts of Kiev during the invasion of Russian troops. His team of journalists left no stone unturned, scrutinizing social networks and missing person reports until they were able to identify all the shots.
«It was husbands and fathers, merchants and workers who led the ordinary life of every citizen before the war. Government-imposed restrictions on the men not leaving the country, coupled with their determination to protect their communities, caused most to join the armed forces on the days they were killed. Almost all of them lived within walking distance of where their bodies were found.”
Source: La Verdad
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