Zelensky: Russian troops change tactics, try to hide evidence of their crimes

“It seems that the attitude to the modern Russian state is finally changing in the world. After what the world saw in Bucha when Russian troops retreated. Now the attitude to everyone in Russia will be simple: you support either the search for peace or unjustified massacre,” President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in his address.

He stressed that Ukraine knew that the Russian troops had changed their tactics and were trying to remove the killed people from the streets and basements of the occupied territory. According to Zelensky, this is just an attempt to hide the evidence and nothing more.

“But they will not succeed, because they killed a lot. Responsibility cannot be avoided. We already know about thousands of missing people. We already know about thousands of people who could be either deported to Russia or killed. There are no other options for their fate,” the Head of State said.

As noted, all the details about the majority of Ukrainian missing citizens and most of Russia's war crimes in Ukraine will be revealed with the help of impartial investigation, witnesses, satellite imagery, and other tools.

The President stressed that if the world had started a debate about whether it was permissible to call what the Russian military had done on the territory of Ukraine genocide, the search for truth could no longer be stopped.

“You can't roll it back in any way. One can only quickly abandon further aggression against Ukraine and thus try to somehow reduce the damage to Russian statehood and to those who personally adopt key decisions in Russia. If not, if nothing changes, then it is suicide. Suicide for anyone who chooses to continue the war,” Zelensky said.

As reported, Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel towns and the entire Kyiv region were liberated from Russian invaders. Mass killings of civilians by Russian invaders were recorded in the liberated towns and villages.

Later, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said that the worst situation with civilian casualties could be in Borodianka town, Kyiv region.