Ukraines Zelensky says Russia has committed over 183,000 war crimes in the country [Video]

KYIV – President Volodymyr Zelensky called on March for Russia to be punished for more than 183,000 alleged war crimes documented by Ukraine since Moscow’s 2022 invasion, saying justice was needed to prevent “evil from proliferating.”

He made his comments to a summit of European officials in Bucha, north-west of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where Russian troops have been accused of atrocities including executions, rapes and torture while occupying it.

Russia did not immediately comment after business hours on Mr Zelensky’s remarks, but has previously denied its soldiers have committed atrocities and says the West has ignored Ukraine’s crimes, a charge denied by Kyiv.

“More than 183,000 crimes related to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine have been officially documented,” Mr Zelensky said on the third anniversary of Russian troops being forced out of Bucha.

He added that the tally documented by Ukraine since the February 2022 full-scale invasion did not include most of the Ukrainian territory Russia …