Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson describes the pictures from Butja after the Russian attacks as terrible, in a post on Twitter.
- Reminiscent of the darkest scenes from Europe's history.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken compares them to a blow to the stomach.
Additional sanctions
Following Ukraine's recapture of the Kyiv region, images from the suburb of Butja are being spread.
Mass graves, dead people on the streets, destroyed buildings and vehicles.
French President Emmanuel Macron describes the scenes as unbearable.
"Russian authorities must be held accountable for their crimes," he wrote on Twitter.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to see an independent inquiry.
- Perpetrators of war crimes will be brought to justice, she writes on Twitter.
European Council President Charles Michel tweeted on Sunday that the EU will impose further sanctions on Russia.
"Completely unacceptable"
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a statement on Sunday that Russia's president and his supporters will feel the consequences.
He also says that international organizations should be given access to the areas in order to be able to independently document the atrocities.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg describes the killing as a brutality against civilians that Europe has not seen in decades.
- It is terrible and completely unacceptable that civilians are targets and killed.
"It underscores the importance of ending this war," he told CNN.
He believes it is President Putin's responsibility to end the war.
Zelenskyy: This is genocide
In a video from Sunday, which the AP refers to, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that more brutality can be revealed if the Russian troops are driven out of the occupied territories.
- This is genocide, he also says in the CBS program "Face the Nation" on Sunday.
But Russia's defense minister denies that Russian troops killed civilians in the city.
The defense minister also says that pictures from Butja published by Ukraine are another provocation, according to Reuters.