Satellite images show bodies in Bucha while Russia still occupied town

Bucha, Ukraine.
(Image credit: Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A satellite image analysis conducted by The New York Times appears to disprove Moscow's claims that the massacre in Bucha, Ukraine happened after Russian soldiers had left the town around March 30.

After gruesome images out of Bucha emerged over the weekend, the Russian Ministry of Defense denied responsibility for any of the killings and decried the reports as a "hoax." On Sunday, the ministry even suggested the bodies were placed on the street after Russian troops withdrew, the Times writes.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.