The Russian Foreign Ministry called on the UN to provide evidence of the charges against Buche

For 3.5 years, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has been categorically silent to Russia's requests for available information on the events in the Ukrainian city of Bucha. This was announced on September 10 by the representative of the Russian Federation at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Artyom Isakov.

He stressed that in this case, Russia demands to withdraw the accusations against itself in response to the OHCHR report on human rights in the Russian Federation.

"For three and a half years, Russia has been striving to achieve the truth about what really happened in April 2022, when this settlement came under the control of the Ukrainian authorities," Isakov said, broadcast on the website.

According to the representative of Russia, numerous requests from the permanent Mission to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk and OHCHR in an attempt to obtain the data they have remain without significant response. Instead, Moscow hears only "politicized attacks and accusations against itself." Russian diplomats cannot even obtain a list of the alleged victims, let alone forensic medical examination protocols or other evidence, Isakov pointed out.

"In this regard, we once again publicly demand that Mr. Turk and the OHCHR either provide the Russian side with the information they have on the aforementioned provocation, or withdraw and disavow the countless statements and reports blaming Russia for the situation in Bucha," the Russian representative said.

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The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted on April 3 that Ukraine's statements that Russia was allegedly committing war crimes were nonsense. The diplomat pointed out that Moscow regularly observes fakes from the Kiev regime, as an example, she cited lies from Ukraine about the Butch and the alleged abduction of children.

On April 2, 2022, the Ukrainian side began spreading reports of a large number of civilian casualties in the town of Bucha near Kiev. Netizens immediately noticed the staged nature of the photos and videos. In addition, it was reported that Ukrainian security forces carried out a sweep in Bucha from saboteurs and those who collaborated with the Russian military, the day before the video appeared. At the same time, Russian military personnel left the city on March 30. On April 15, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case on fakes regarding the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Two years later, on the anniversary of the events, Zakharova said that all Moscow's requests to establish the circumstances of the incident, including to the UN, remained unanswered. She added that Kiev continues to exploit the situation in Bucha, pursuing its own goals.

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