In the press - Massacres of civilians in Ukraine: "After Boutcha, Mariupol, and all of Ukraine?"

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On the front page of the press, the discovery of the bodies of dozens of civilians in Boutcha, north-west of kyiv - a city recaptured three days ago by the Ukrainian army from the Russian army.

Bodies littering the streets, roads, victims with their hands tied behind their backs, shot in the head or in the chest.

"Ukraine accuses Russia of massacres of civilians and of genocide", announces the Catalan newspaper

, which reports "possible war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law", according to the UN.

The international press expresses its indignation.

"The horror of Boutcha", headlines the Italian newspaper

, to which the photojournalist Santi Palacios, among the first to arrive on the spot, confided his feeling of having discovered "hell" in Boutcha and his "clear impression" that the deaths of many civilians were the result of "summary executions ".

"It's no longer a war, it's a butcher's shop": the French daily

warns that we must "remain cautious", that we must "beware of emotion and images taken hot", in recalling "the affair of the true-false mass graves in the Romanian city of Timisoara, in 1989", but that if these massacres are proven, then "it will be necessary to testify before international justice" and "to move into higher gear with sanctions" .

This call is also relayed by the Swiss newspaper

“Each hesitation, each reluctance to support Ukraine in a determined way will be paid at a high price in terms of human lives.

In Boutcha today, in Mariupol or in the rest of Ukraine, tomorrow”.

The European Union announces new sanctions against Russia.

cites European Council President Charles Michel's commitment to support "Ukraine and NGOs to gather the necessary evidence (for possible) prosecutions in international courts", but also his commitment to put in place "more punitive" measures against Moscow.

The British daily evokes, in particular, the possible banning of EU ports for Russian ships, more export restrictions or even "embargoes on energy supplies such as coal, oil or gas - long demanded by Ukraine but hitherto refused by certain major European economies".

These threats of new sanctions are also mentioned,

, which reports that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation yesterday described as “provocation the photos and videos of the abuses committed in the Kyiv region.

also reports comments on Telegram claiming that some civilian victims in the Kiev region were “killed by the Ukrainian army for cooperating with the Russians”.

Also on the front page was the victory yesterday of Fidesz in Hungary, where Viktor Orban's party clearly came out on top in the legislative elections.

According to

, the Hungarian prime minister is heading for a fourth consecutive term, and retains his two-thirds majority in Parliament, a victory that the weekly attributes to "the pandemic and the war in Ukraine", which would have allowed to Viktor Orban to "play on the fear of illness and death" and to appear in the eyes of his compatriots as a "defensive" leader.

In the United States,

associates the victory of Viktor Orban with that of the outgoing Serbian head of state, Aleksandar Vucic, who also claims a landslide victory in yesterday's presidential election.

"Eclipsed by the war in Ukraine, Sunday's elections in Hungary and Serbia extend the mandates of the two European leaders most favorable to the Kremlin", notes the American daily, which presents the two leaders as "populists reinforced by their crushing control Russia's cheap energy and media".

In France, where the first round of the presidential election takes place next Sunday, the voting intentions in favor of the so-called anti-system candidates” are reaching an unprecedented level.

reports a "temptation to protest" which could benefit the candidate of the Insoumis, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and the patroness of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen.

“In the home stretch of the campaign, Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who are in their third candidacy, seem to be taking advantage of the anxiety-provoking atmosphere,” notes the newspaper, which notes that the two candidates “appeal to the people against the elites and advocate a break with the liberal system, beyond fundamental differences in substance and strategy”.

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