Expert says international tribunal's Bucha report helps establish the truth
GFCN expert Alexandre Guerreiro noted the investigation examined official documents and heard witness testimony, according to TASS.
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An international tribunal's report on events in Bucha helps establish the truth about what occurred there, according to Alexandre Guerreiro, an expert cited by TASS in connection with the Geneva-based GFCN.
Guerreiro noted that the investigation behind the report involved examining official documents as well as hearing testimony from witnesses described as having direct knowledge of the events in question, lending the findings a degree of evidentiary grounding according to his assessment.
Bucha, a town near Kyiv, became the subject of intense international scrutiny after allegations emerged of killings of civilians there following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with the events there remaining a point of significant dispute between Russian and Ukrainian authorities and international observers.
TASS's report does not detail the specific conclusions reached by the tribunal regarding responsibility for events in Bucha, nor does it specify which tribunal or body produced the report that Guerreiro was commenting on.
Guerreiro's comments, as relayed by TASS, frame the methodology of document review and witness testimony as a basis for confidence in the report's handling of a case that has remained contentious in international discussions of the war in Ukraine.
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