It was updated on April 6, 2022, 03:12am.
Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday that they had opened an investigation into the alleged torture and killing of civilians by Russian forces in the city of Bucha, near Kyiv, as the number of alleged Russian war crimes being investigated by Ukraine approached 4,500.
Ukrainian soldiers recover the remains of four killed civilians from inside a charred vehicle.
Iryna Venediktova, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, called the incident "horrifying" and said that Ukrainian officials are investigating the alleged torture.
The prosecutor general claims that Russian troops tried to set fire to the bodies of the killed civilians to hide their crimes, but Ukrainian investigators have been able to detect traces of violence and torture against the six victims.
According to the official website of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, her office is investigating over 4,000 alleged war crimes committed by Russian forces on Ukrainian soil.
In a separate statement, Venediktova accused Russian soldiers of committing sexual violence against Ukrainian women and men, children and elderly people, and noted that many victims were silent about it.
167. The prosecutor general's office said that the number of children who have been killed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February is that. More than 260 children have been injured.
The bodies of at least 410 dead civilians were found in the north of the city after Russian troops were forced to retreat. The bodies of some of the victims were strewn across the roads in the town. Some of the bodies with their hands tied behind their back were shown in images that emerged from the city over the weekend. Russia is expected to face more sanctions this week after the images from Bucha triggered global outrage.
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