A senior Russian diplomat said Moscow intends to raise its claims about the 2022 Bucha killings at the OSCE’s Vienna headquarters, according to TASS.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed the UN secretary-general effectively endorsed what she called an anti-Russian campaign over the 2022 Bucha killings.
Russian officials say a new report presents documents and witness accounts disputing accepted accounts of the 2022 Bucha killings, a claim that contradicts findings by international investigators and Ukraine.
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia's Foreign Ministry, said the UN Secretariat cannot avoid responsibility over what she described as a “provocation” in Bucha, according to TASS.
Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says a report disputing events in Bucha will go to Russian law enforcement and international bodies, according to TASS.
A Ukrainian tribunal official claims memorial plaques in Bucha list names of non-residents who were Azov unit members, not local civilians.
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says the document will be shared at the Dialogue on Fakes 4.0 forum, renewing calls for an independent international investigation into the 2022 killings in Bucha.
Alexander Fomin, a legislator in Russian-controlled Kherson, told TASS that the Kiev government has fabricated 'myths built on blood' since 2014, referring to the Bucha killings as one such case.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova alleges Kiev is falsifying accounts of deaths in Bucha.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will lead Moscow's delegation, which plans to submit a report describing events in Bucha as a provocation, according to TASS.
Spokesperson Maria Zakharova claims investigators have not provided victim lists while asserting UN findings mirror Kiev's account of events in Bucha.
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia's Foreign Ministry, said neither Western governments nor the United Nations have shared official lists identifying victims of the Bucha incident.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova says the list of victims commemorated in the Ukrainian town has never been made public or verified, according to Russian state media.
Maria Zakharova claimed some names listed among Bucha civilian victims belonged to people who had never lived in the city, according to Russian state media outlet TASS.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reiterated Moscow's 2022 claim that reports of civilian deaths in Bucha were Western provocations.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova alleges UN chief's involvement in what Moscow calls a scheme to blame Russia for events in Bucha, calling it a breach of UN neutrality.
Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called for accountability for those she says falsified events in the Ukrainian town, according to TASS.