The Polish Prime Minister called for the European Council to be convened on the events in Bucha

With such an appeal, Mateusz Morawiecki addressed the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the head of the European Council, Charles Michel. The Russian Defense Ministry previously called published photos and videos from Bucha a provocation

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the head of the European Council Charles Michel to convene the European Council soon to discuss the events in Bucha, Kyiv region and sanctions against Russia. He wrote about this on Facebook (Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, is recognized as extremist in Russia and banned).

The Russian Ministry of Defense called the published photos and videos about "the crimes of Russian military personnel in the city of Bucha, Kyiv region" a provocation. The department claims that the Russian military is not involved in the killings of civilians. The troops left the city on March 30, and during the time it was under their control, "not a single local resident was harmed," they said.

Military operation in Ukraine. Main Politics

On April 3, the media, in particular Reuters and AFP, as well as adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak, published photographs from Bucha with bodies imprinted on them. According to the mayor of the city Anatoly Fedoruk, after Bucha returned to the control of the Ukrainian military, "another 280 people were buried in mass graves."

After the publication of photos and videos, which, according to the Ukrainian authorities and Western media, show civilian casualties, the European Union announced its intention to tighten sanctions against Russia because of the military operation in Ukraine.