Ukraine Mass Grave Site Unveils Horror, Zelenskyy Calls Russian Troops 'Murderers, Torturers, Rapists' — PHOTOS

Bucha 'Massacre': A day after the discovery of mass graves and apparently executed civilians near Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of committing genocide and attempting to eliminate the "whole nation" of Ukraine. (AFP Photos)

Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in Brucha city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

A mass grave is seen behind a church in the town of Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on April 3, 2022. AFP reported a rescue official as informing that 57 people were found in one hastily dug trench behind a church. (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Bucha mayor Anatoly Fedoruk told AFP that 280 other bodies had been buried in mass graves. (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Satellite images released by private US company Maxar Technologies show a 45-foot-long trench dug into the grounds of a church in Ukraine where a mass grave was found this week. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies / AFP)

This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies on April 3, 2022 shows a closer view of a probable grave site (upper C) near the Church of Saint Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints in Bucha, Ukraine, on March 31, 2022. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies / AFP)

A day after the discovery of mass graves and apparently executed civilians near Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of committing genocide and attempting to eliminate the "whole nation" of Ukraine. (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Russian troops "murderers, torturers, rapists, looters", AFP reported. Ukraine has recovered 410 civilian bodies from areas it recently retook from the Russian army in the wider Kyiv region, its prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova said on Sunday. (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

According to the Associated Press, Russian troops rolled into Bucha in the early days of the invasion and stayed up to March 30. As forces retreated, residents gave harrowing accounts saying soldiers shot and killed civilians without any apparent reason. (Photo: Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

On the other hand, Russia's Defense Ministry in a statement claimed that photos and videos of dead bodies have been stage managed by the Kyiv regime for the Western media. The ministry said "not a single civilian" in Bucha had faced any violent military action. (Photo: Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

European leaders have expressed shock seeing the images that emerged from Bucha, they condemned the atrocities and called for tougher sanctions against Moscow. Germany's defense minister even suggested that the European Union consider banning Russian gas imports. (Photo: Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)