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Europe is more united than ever in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine's top prosecutor is preparing to try dozens of suspected Russian war criminals, with hundreds more suspects under investigation. But the more Ukrainian territory Russia takes over, the harder it will be to gather evidence and bring charges.

One of the biggest mass graves. there were investigators, international investigators, and ukrainian investigators, exhuming bodies from this area that you see, the sandy area, where behind the main church in downtown bucha. you can see its completely covered up. there is green grass growing over that site. there are flowers. all the trees have leaves. it is a completely different scene. downtown bucha, people are walking around, going into cafes, coffee shops, trying to rebuild. i think the big...

And people, artillery, mrs the weapons system you mentioned, air defense systems are necessary. there was not a particular thank you, but it was certainly a reinforcement that this is exactly what troops on the ground need. the defense minister, chris, also said ukraine is in a critical phase of the war. we have extremely bloody battles on the east and we lack heavy weaponry. a push for more of that. the u.s. and president biden has announced a $700 million package that includes the advanced roc...

The u.s. is giving up alaska to russia. what does that mean for the ukrainian people to give up territory? it means to give up ukrainian people, to fascists, to make their atrocities like weve seen in beau cha but in bucha it was an online show, everybody seen that, but we cant see whats actually going on in that occupied territories. there is horror happening there. >> a vivid reminder of everything that continues to unfold. thank you for the work you do and thank you for taking the time to tal...

In bucha, some 12 miles from olenas basement shelter, ukrainian forces discover evidence of potential war crimes. >> ukrainian authorities in bucha lead us into a basement they call a russian execution chamber. its a gruesome scene. five bodies, their hands tied behind their backs, shot. >> russian troops often left the bodies of their victims where they fell. this person was killed riding a bicycle. this man was most likely bringing potatoes home to his family. more than 400 bodies are found. >...

Officials from Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland will discuss early findings with the International Criminal Courts lead prosecutor as thousands of potential war crimes cases are being pursued in Ukraine.

What they have done in bucha -- >> in mariupol! >> in mariupol, its awful, and now i am ready to fight. in o >> the children know by heart the names of places where atrocities have been committed. >> this is my neighbor. >> ah. >> you know, these old ladies, what they do, they take care of the small gardens. >> outside, the sun is shining. it is a beautiful day. what will you tell darina about this time? >> well, i will tell her that she was such a powerful warrior of life. we didnt plan her wit...

Forgive what has happened. i hope that those people who were tortured in bucha became victims and they are looking at us right now from the skies. they are looking at me. they are looking at you. >> at least 50 people killed, many more wounded today at a train station in the eeastern city of cram ators sk. you see the bodies there, broken bones, pools of blood, men, women, children. >> this missile was sent by russians, just on the railway station even though they knew people were -- like civili...

It fell to russian forces earlier this month, and moscows emissary here has defended their conduct in the city. these are residential areas. these are not legitimate military targets. we have a lot of registered cases when ukrainian artillery was shelling residential areas. i do accept that mariupol is destroyed by fighting. but you wont accept that its the result of russian forces? no, it can be both because this is a fight. as i have said, russians are targeting military collateral damage is p...