Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyMOSCOW, Apr 3Volodymyr Zelensky invited ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to come to the city of Bucha, Kyiv region after the video appeared, which the Russian Defense Ministry has already described as a staged and provocative action, and also wants to discuss Russia's actions in Ukraine at the UN Security Council. Earlier, Ukrainian The authorities and the media distributed a video allegedly filmed in Bucha, where the bodies of the dead lie on the road. Users noticed that the «corpses» move their arms and remove their limbs so as not to fall under the wheels of military equipment. Also, in the rear-view mirror of the operator's car, you can see how one of the «dead» gets up as soon as the car passes by. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that all these photo and video materials are a provocation of the Ukrainian authorities. As noted in the military department, during the time the city was under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, not a single local resident suffered from violent actions. The ministry noted that all Russian units left Bucha on March 30, the day after the Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul. Exits to the north were not blocked, while the southern outskirts, including residential areas, were shelled by Ukrainian troops around the clock.Kyiv filmed a fake from Bucha clearly at the request of the West, the expert said «I invite Ms. Merkel, Mr. Sarkozy to visit Bucha and see what the policy of concessions to Russia has led to,» Zelensky said in an appeal. According to him, all accusations against Russia in connection with special operation in Ukraine will be considered at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, he intends to inform all partners of Kyiv about them. Zelensky noted that he wants to create a special justice mechanism with the involvement of Ukrainian and foreign experts. Alfa» He also stated that Kyiv should not have asked to provide weapons to Ukraine, they, in his opinion, should have been provided anyway. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
