# The finding of civilian dead on the streets of Bucha, a Kyiv suburb, has prompted worldwide outcry, as well as requests for an investigation into alleged Russian war crimes and threats of fresh penalties.
* As Russian troops departed from cities they had occupied in the early days of the invasion of Ukraine, scenes of misery and devastation emerged. The mayor of Bucha, Anatole Fedora, told The Washington Post that 270 people were buried in two cemeteries. He believed that there were 40 bodies strewn throughout the streets.
* The bleak photographs were denounced by American and European authorities, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken describing them as "a hit to the gut." The scenes in Bucha represent "brutality towards people we haven't seen in a long time," according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
# The Russian attack on Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, amounted to genocide.
Following the Russian retreat, the streets of Bucha are littered with bodies and wreckage.
* Early Sunday, Odessa was rocked by explosions when Russia reported its missiles hit an oil refinery and fuel storage facilities, marking the first strike on the vital Black Sea city's downtown as the war in Ukraine enters its 39th day.
* Russia's senior negotiator dismissed the possibility of a meeting between Putin and Zelensky on Sunday, a day after his Ukrainian counterpart claimed peace talks had progressed to the point where a meeting between the two presidents was feasible.
* The International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement to The Washington Post on Sunday that its team would stay in the area for another week.
# Mantas, a Lithuanian documentary filmmaker, was slain in Mariupol on Saturday. Maksym Levis, a Ukrainian photojournalist, was discovered dead on the outskirts of Kyiv, the capital. Russia said its missiles attacked an oil refinery and gasoline storage facilities in Odessa early Sunday, the first strike on the vital Black Sea city's downtown as the war in Ukraine enters its 39th day.
* Russia's senior negotiator dismissed the possibility of a meeting between Putin and Zelensky on Sunday, a day after his Ukrainian counterpart claimed peace talks had progressed to the point where a meeting between the two presidents was feasible.
* The International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement to The Washington Post on Sunday that it will send a team to the area.
* Following the Russian retreat, the streets of Bucha are littered with bodies and wreckage.
# Following the withdrawal of Russian forces, video posted on social media on Saturday and confirmed by The Washington Post showed at least nine people, including one child, lying in the street of a residential area in Bucha, north of Kyiv. They appear to be no longer alive.
* One is still on a bike, parked at a crosswalk. He's leaning to the right, as though about to turn right. Others are crammed together on the side of the road.
* If you claim that Russian soldiers are human beings "As the car moves between bodies, burned-out automobiles, and fallen trees, a narrator adds. Simply for a better understanding of what happened here, "he declares
# Additional video has been shared on social media. Two men are seen driving around the city on Saturday. They drive by abandoned cars, some of which appear to be stripped for parts. The roadways are clogged with debris, tires, and obsolete antitank barriers. Two highly damaged black cars can be seen at one point as they round a corner. The word "STOP" is written in large, bold white letters on each.
* In recent days, Russian forces retreated from Bucha, a town of 37,000 people northwest of Kyiv, and other capital suburbs, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. According to Human Rights Watch, Russian troops began fighting for control of Bucha on Feb. 27, three days after the invasion began, and "relentless bombardment" confined civilians in homes and shelters without electricity or gas.
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