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Nobody did sanctions like i did. with all of that being said, when i look at whats happening, it never would have happened under the trump administration, regardless of strength one way or the other. i knew putin very well, almost as well as i know you, sean, and i will tell you, we talked about it. we talked about it a lot. he did want ukraine, but i said youre not going into ukraine. he would never, ever have gone into ukraine. and president -- >> the guy -- its just -- its grotesque. >> it re...

In the Ukrainian town of Bucha, near Kyiv, French forensic experts have joined Ukrainian authorities in exhuming and identifying bodies from mass graves. Police say 720 bodies have been found near the capital from where Russian forces retreated, and more than 200 people are missing. Some bodies had their hands tied behind their back and some were apparently shot at close range.

He faces a federal charge for attacking passengers in a mass transit system. we will bring you updates as we get them throughout the afternoon, of course. in bucha today in ukraine, french forensic experts have joined an investigation to help ukraine identify apparent war crimes committed by russia. nbcs molly hunter is there. >> reporter: the head of the prosecutors office here in bucha tells us theyll be right here behind the church for a few more days an then the real work begins. >> seeing...

Putin is, in this process, closing the possibilities. bucha, mariupol. so i dont have, you know, it is not about me, it is more about russia. they will not have so many chances, in the long period, to speak with us. and what of those other countries are still selling billions to russia in oil and gas revenues? translation: we dont understand how you can | make money out of blood. unfortunately some european countries have done this. before the war began i spoke to chancellor angela merkel and sa...

What has happened and find the individuals who are directly responsible, the individual troops, the individual, you know, sections of russian soldiers that have committed these war crimes in bucha or in mariupol and et cetera? >> well, to make it clear i am not part of the official sovereignty team. i joined an organization that is that a database, and we are first trying to locate these people and to talk to them and to see -- and to see whether they are willing to -- especially when it comes t...

Officials come to ukraine, come to kyiv. and i had dinner just minutes ago, jake, with a ukrainian military leader. i asked him, i said, what we saw in bucha today, whats going on like bucha around ukraine? just as you said, jake, ukraine is one great big crime scene. this is going on in mariupol as we speak. >> at probably a much, much bigger scale. >> it is. when history is written about whats happened here in ukraine, its going to be a terrible, terrible story. the ukrainians sent a very stro...

Rep. Victoria Spartz and Sen. Steve Daines travelled to Kyiv, visiting a mass grave in Bucha and a collapsed apartment building in Borodianka.

Seeing. alex, thank you for being here. were always happy to see you. youve spoken at length about the atrocities you are seeing all around you and so tell us what youve been documenting lately and where you think the country is today. >> thank you, alisyn. its been really hard to talk to the people i know, to my neighbors who lost their close ones like fathers, brothers, children. i started hearing such stories probably a month ago in bucha where im from and i would hear such stories almost eve...

Effectively. you saw those queues of people in itucha _ effectively. you saw those queues of people in bucha today _ effectively. you saw those queues of people in bucha today who _ effectively. you saw those queues of people in bucha today who want i effectively. you saw those queues of people in bucha today who want to l people in bucha today who want to give information, who are waiting for some kind ofjustice for their loved ones who have been killed. what would you say to them? t loved ones...

Trucks. so that is the information that we got. youre quoting the tweet of the general staff of the ukrainian army. thats what theyre claiming and we have not heard back from the russians about what they say this was. but, again, this is -- these are victories for the ukrainians. we shouldnt get overwhelmed by these moments because the bottom line is the russians still have much more armaments, much more power when it comes to military versus military. >> such a great point. so, jake, we know yo...