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Ukraine’s president blamed Russia for the latest atrocity in the six-week-old war, calling the Russian invasion force “an evil that has no limits.” Moscow denied responsibility.

Hello and welcome to newswatch. video and photographs are emerging in large quantities from ukraine, posing a major challenge for broadcasters. we will find out how the bbc sets about distinguishing fake footage from real. more horrific images have emerged this week from ukraine. the mayor of butcher said on monday that at least 300 civilians had been killed there but russia has denied any involvement in the atrocities —— bucha. the the atrocities -- bucha. the destruction _ the atrocities -...

What our best people, children, woman, and the best ever soldiers. and each day of our fight would cost us quite a loss. so the sooner the possible with additional lives of our people. >> what are the most important things about this battle that has been going on? is that presence, the daily presence of the president, volodymyr zelenskyy, including his visit to bucha. one of your judges coordinating security and his presence there. obviously, thats a very big deal.

Reaction to the bbc�*s clive myrie. awful. to everybody who was travelling by train, as we have been doing. but it is clear another attempt to attack the morale of the ukrainian people by attacking civilians. the russian army is not able to win the war by fighting the ukrainian army, they have been repelled by kyiv, now they are killing people, killing innocent people.- killing people, killing innocent people. are they targeting _ innocent people. are they targeting civilians? - innocent peopl...

On facebook but you see they dont come online and its scary. >> reporter: she has been able to connect with her husband back east who now works for the local defense forces. is he fighting? >> yes. in territorial defense. >> and how is he doing? >> translator: its better not to say. >> they come from luhansk, from mariupol, from kyiv, they come from bucha, to here, to this university, to this beat-up old gymnasium just for a safe place away from putins bombs and bullets. >> translator: putin -- ...

>> the pentagon says that russia initially had announced that it had carried out a successful strike. but once reports of the civilian massacre begin to emerge, russia claimed that in fact, ukraine had bombed its own citizens to make russia look bad. a senior u. s. defense official says the united states is not buying that. and frankly, no one capable of critical thought is. tonight, ukraines president called the train attack another war crime of russia. he said quote, like the massacre in bucha...

International efforts to step up pressure on russia are continuing. the uks sending $130 million worth of military equipment to the ukrainian army, including surface—to—air missiles and anti—tank weapons. slovakia became the first country to donate a major air defence system to ukraine, with the us confirming it will replace the one donated by ukraines neighbour. heres our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. in bucha, a chance to ponder the brutal realities of this war. ursula von der ley...

Organization, targeting people trying to flee. >> absolutely. this is why we insist that russia is not just waging an unprovoked war on ukrainian territory. what they are doing is genocide. and, again, most horrifying is kramatorsk is just one example. we can continue naming examples. this is bucha. this is mariupol, for example. we are right now receiving reports that russians started using chemical oils in mariupol to hide the scope of their atrocities in mariupol and to hide the number of civ...

Zelenskyy says once again tonight, russia must be held accountable. >> translator: we expect a firm global response to this war crime. like the massacre in bucha, like many other russian war crimes, the missile strike on kramatorsk must be like the tribunal, which is bound to happen. >> despite moscow falsely suggesting again that it was not behind the attack, blaming ukraine insanely, it has been obvious for weeks now that putins army is directly targeting civilian populations. we have seen the...

Images from bucha emerged. bodies scattered on the street, i am sure a lot of your viewers have seen. on the investigation there is already starting. so today, there was an effort to exhumed the mass grave, and investigators are beginning the very long effort to gather evidence and identify victims, and identify how they were killed, the circumstances in which they were killed. it is going to be a very long process. i am planning to go there in the next couple of days to see how that is unfoldin...