Russian journalist claims UK responsible for dead bodies in Bucha 

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said yesterday that the Kremlin will prove the accusations of war crimes as false, while several Russian journalists and television personalities even alleged the harrowing scenes had been staged by Ukraine and Britain.

Russian political commentator and researcher Gevorg Mirzayan yesterday declared: 'This was done by professionals, probably British. They're the best in the area of information operations.

'[They know how] to place the bodies correctly, do everything correctly, create a nice picture for the necrophilic Western consciousness.'

The outrageous statements came hours after pro-Putin commentator Vladimir Soloviev said the destruction in Bucha was part of a plot cooked up by Ukraine and Britain to discredit Russia.

'The war against Russia entered a new phase today. Very soon we will be blamed of genocide,' he said.





Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (pictured) said his country will hold a press conference to prove that claims Vladimir Putin's troops have been committing war crimes in Ukraine are false however the Kremlin has yet to present their evidence

Russian journalist claims Britain responsible for bodies in Bucha

Russian TV claims Bucha massacre was 'planned by the British'

Even as the commentators rejected the allegations of brutality in Bucha, accounts from Russian conscripts in the Donbas region emerged, describing the awful treatment young and untrained soldiers are suffering at the hands of their superiors.

One of the soldiers, a student conscripted in late February, said a fellow fighter told him to prepare to repel a close-quarter attack by Ukrainian forces in southwest Donbas, but said 'I don't even know how to fire an automatic weapon.'

The student and his unit fired back and evaded capture, but he was injured in a later battle, he told Reuters news agency. He did not say when the fighting took place.

He said that at one point, he was forced to drink water from a fetid pond full of the corpses of frogs because of a lack of supplies. Two other sources in contact with draftees also said the men had to drink untreated water.

Some Donbas conscripts were even given the highly dangerous mission of drawing enemy fire onto themselves so other units could identify the Ukrainian positions and bomb them, according to one of the sources and video testimony from a prisoner of war published by Ukrainian forces.




The 'butchers of Bucha' left a trail of death and destruction in their wake, as Ukrainian authorities discovered several mass graves and scores of corpses over the weekend who appeared to have been tortured and executed.

But the main intelligence directorate of Ukraine's MoD claims that Russian commanders are refusing to rotate their brigades, with the war criminals already on their way to Belgorod in Western Russia for redeployment.

A report published on the Ukrainian MoD's website said the brigade is being sent to the 'hottest spots', likely around Kharkiv, in the hope that they will be killed before they are forced to testify in a war crime tribunal.

'Another goal of the rapid return of the 64th Brigade to Ukrainian territory is the quick 'disposal' of unnecessary witnesses,' the report read.

'That is, redeployment to a part of the war front where they will have no chance of surviving, thus making it impossible for them to testify in future courts.'

Intelligence also suggests that despite widespread resistance in the ranks, Russian commanders are refusing to accept any resignations from the perpetrators of the crimes and are threatening any dissenters with court martial.

The Kremlin meanwhile continues to deny the accusations of war crimes levied against its troops, while Russian political commentators have gone as far as to suggest the harrowing scenes were staged by Ukraine and the West to discredit Putin.




Dead bodies litter the streets near Bucha, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, after Russian forces withdrew from the region - leaving evidence of 'war crimes' in their wake

Ukrainian servicemen inspect the wreckage of houses, cars and Russian military vehicles in the town of Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, yesterday

Men take away bodies of Ukrainian civilians killed in the Russian invasion, on a street in the small city of Bucha of Kyiv (Kiev) area, Ukraine, 03 April 2022