In Bucha, Zelensky says world will recognize killings as ‘genocide’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) speaks to the press in the town of Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on April 4, 2022. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) speaks to the press in the town of Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on April 4, 2022. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)

BUCHA, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the killings of dozens of people in a town outside the capital Kyiv reclaimed from Russian forces will be designated as “genocide” by international leaders.

“These are war crimes and it will be recognized by the world as genocide,” Zelensky says during a visit to Bucha, where bodies were discovered strewn throughout the town after it was reclaimed by Kyiv’s army.

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