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Hundreds of the bodies of horribly dead civilians have been recovered in an area near the capital, Kiiu, occupied by Russian forces.
Amid growing international outrage, US President Biden has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin should be 'referred to as war criminals'.
Reporter Yoo Soo-hwan reports.
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] Heaps of gruesome bodies were found in cities where Russian troops had withdrawn.
[Motichinsi Resident: Olga Mayor of our city, his husband Mr. Igor, and his son Sasha.
The three were captured by the Russian army on the 23rd of last month.]
Ukraine has strengthened its offensive as evidence of the genocide of civilians by the Russian army.
Ukrainian President Zelensky, who visited the small town of Bucha, where civilians were brutally murdered, pointed out that the atrocities of the Russian army made peace negotiations more difficult.
[Zelensky/President of Ukraine: To date, more than 300 civilians have been tortured, shot or killed in the secondary school.]
The aftermath of the international community is getting stronger.
US President Biden has called Putin a war criminal and has called for a war criminal trial.
He added that he would impose more sanctions on Russia.
[Biden/President of the United States: What happened in the secondary is shocking.
We need to collect concrete evidence for a war crimes trial.]
The European Union has also decided to jointly investigate Russia's war crimes and acts against humanity with Ukraine and consider additional sanctions.
In addition, he said that the UN General Assembly would promote the process of depriving Russia of its membership on the Human Rights Council.
Meanwhile, Russia completely denies the allegations that the civilian massacre disclosed by the Ukrainian government was fabricated to slander Russia.