![EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / TOPSHOT - In this photo taken on April 2, 2022, bodies of civilians lie on Yablunska street in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, after the Russian army pulled back from the city. The first body on the picture has been identified as Mykhailo Kovalenko, who was shot dead by Russian soldiers according to relatives interviewed by AFP. When the 62-year-old arrived on Yablunska, he "got out of the vehicle with his hands up" to present himself to a checkpoint manned by Russian soldiers, said Artem, the boyfriend of Kovalenkos daughter. Still, the troops opened fire, said his daughter and his wife, who survived the attack by running away. - The bodies of at least 20 men in civilian clothes were found lying in a single street Saturday after Ukrainian forces retook the town of Bucha near Kyiv from Russian troops, AFP journalists said. Russian forces withdrew from several towns near Kyiv in recent days after Moscow's bid to encircle the capital failed, with Ukraine declaring that Bucha had been "liberated". (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/231012120135-03-zelensky-western-support.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_1280,c_fill)
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'This is the face of the Russian world': Bucha, two years on
Evidence of mass murder in the Bucha district near Kyiv marked a turning point at the beginning of Russia's invasion. Bodies scattered along the streets, some burned, others with their hands tied behind their back. Now, as Ukraine enters the third year of war against Putin's forces, Christiane visits the community of Bucha to remember and reflect. This report contains some disturbing images.
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![EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / TOPSHOT - In this photo taken on April 2, 2022, bodies of civilians lie on Yablunska street in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, after the Russian army pulled back from the city. The first body on the picture has been identified as Mykhailo Kovalenko, who was shot dead by Russian soldiers according to relatives interviewed by AFP. When the 62-year-old arrived on Yablunska, he "got out of the vehicle with his hands up" to present himself to a checkpoint manned by Russian soldiers, said Artem, the boyfriend of Kovalenkos daughter. Still, the troops opened fire, said his daughter and his wife, who survived the attack by running away. - The bodies of at least 20 men in civilian clothes were found lying in a single street Saturday after Ukrainian forces retook the town of Bucha near Kyiv from Russian troops, AFP journalists said. Russian forces withdrew from several towns near Kyiv in recent days after Moscow's bid to encircle the capital failed, with Ukraine declaring that Bucha had been "liberated". (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/231012120135-03-zelensky-western-support.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_250,c_fill)
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'This is the face of the Russian world': Bucha, two years on
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