“A devastated city and dozens of dead civilians who have been murdered in a cruel manner. I have seen mass graves and I will not exaggerate at all when I say that the sight shook me deeply, “said Heger.
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According to him, Russian President Vladimir Putin must not be allowed to continue the war crimes committed against the Ukrainian people. “Europe is a free democratic and peaceful continent and we will protect these values,” Heger wrote on Facebook.
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“Here in Buč, we saw our humanity shattered. The whole world is grieving with the people from Buče, “added Leyen. On Twitter, she told the Ukrainians that Europe was on their side.
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The head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Buč, where she arrived with the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell and the Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger and
Foto: Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters
On Friday, top European Union officials and the Slovak Prime Minister honored the memory of 20 people exhumed from a mass grave and, together with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Šmyhal, lit candles in the local church in memory of the victims. “I prayed for a hard-pressed Ukraine. “War crimes must be fairly punished and Slovakia will contribute to the investigation of all war crimes,” added the Slovak Prime Minister.
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In the early evening, the representative of the EU and the head of the Slovak government welcomed President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev.
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Reports of civilian killings in Bukh during its Russian occupation, which lasted about a month, caused the West’s shock and horror on the first weekend in April and earned harsh condemnation from Ukrainian officials. Moscow denies that Russian soldiers were involved in killing civilians, and despite the growing evidence, interprets the matter as a Ukrainian “provocation.”
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The European Union, Britain and the United States have approved further anti-Russian sanctions in connection with the Buč massacre.
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