Bucha – The Days After Liberation

April 2022

Bucha Ukraine 03/04/2022 - The hardest fight to liberate the city happenned here the night before. The tremendous dammage from the battle that involved tanks of oposing forces fighting face to face in a direct no way out confrontation was unreal. The devastating extremely high level of violence was obvious in this scenario
Destroyed tanks of opposing forces that were fighting in a no-way-out confrontation the night before, Bucha, Ukraine - 03/04/2022.

The Battle of Bucha was part of the Kyiv offensive in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bucha is a city in Ukraine's Kyiv Oblast. Its population was estimated 36,971 in 2021.

Bucha Ukraine 03/04/2022 - The hardest fight to liberate the city happenned here the night before. The tremendous dammage from the battle that involved tanks of oposing forces fighting face to face in a direct no way out confrontation was unreal. The devastating extremely high level of violence was obvious in this scenario
A soldier on the main road, Bucha, Ukraine - 03/04/2022.
Women talking in the street the day after the liberation, they have been hiding inside for weeks.
People were hiding in their shelters and houses for weeks, Bucha, Ukraine - 03/04/2022.
Inspecting the tremendous damage from the hard fight to liberate the city the night before. The battle involved tanks of opposing forces fighting face to face in a direct no-way-out confrontation.
A soldier inspects the damage from the battle the night before, Bucha, Ukraine, 03/04/2022.

The battle lasted from 27 February 2022 to 31 March 2022 and ended with the withdrawal of Russian forces. On March 31 Mayor Anatolii Fedoruk reported that Bucha had been fully retaken from Russian forces.

Bucha Ukraine 03/04/2022 - Day after the liberation the discovery of the mass graves
Discovery of the mass graves the day after liberation, Bucha Ukraine - 03/04/2022.
The excavation lasted several days and lead to several war crime investigations, Bucha, Ukraine - 11/04/2022.
The main road the day after liberation, Bucha, Ukraine - 03/04/2022.

After Ukrainian forces regained control of Bucha, reports and testimonies of war crimes committed by the Russian military began to circulate. These war crimes have been collectively labeled the Bucha massacre.

A devastated man near the body of a Russian soldier who was looting the house.
A devastated man near the body of a Russian soldier who was looting the house, Bucha, Ukraine - 03/04/2022.
The main bridge in Bucha, remains of Russian soldiers.
The main bridge in Bucha, remains of Russian soldiers, Bucha, Ukraine - 03/04/2022.
Near the church mass graves were discovered the day after the liberation, Bucha, Ukraine - 03/04/2022.