Ursula von der Leyen and Josep Borrell visit a mass grave in Bucha during their trip to kyiv: "We have seen humanity in pieces"

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The president of the European Commission,

, said this Friday that she had seen "humanity in pieces" in the town of Bucha, where she visited, together with the high representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy,

, a

of civilians massacred during the Russian occupation of the town.

"We have seen all the coldness of Putin's army. We have seen the recklessness and cold heart they have had in occupying this city.

The whole world is in mourning for what happened in Bucha," Von der Leyen has affirmed from the Ukrainian town where at the beginning of this week the

were revealed , some handcuffed and with signs of torture.

Along with the Prime Minister of Slovakia,

, Von der Leyen and Borrell have inspected a mass grave in the courtyard of the church of Saint Andrew the First Called, where there were about

in plastic bags that had been exhumed.

"

, added Von der Leyen.

During the visit, they have been accompanied by the Ukrainian Prime Minister,

, and the Mayor of Bucha, Anatoliy Fedoruk. "We visited Bucha. I showed Von der Leyen, Borrell and Heger the atrocities committed by Russian military troops against Ukrainian civilians. We will never forgive the enemy for these crimes. We work with our European partners to stop the aggressor as soon as possible," Shmyhal wrote on Twitter.

Later, Von der Leyen, Borrell and Heger have placed candles in this church and have gone to Volknalna street, one of the most damaged during the occupation of Bucha and where there are still dozens of burned tanks.

The visit to the town of Bucha has been the first stop on the European leaders' trip to

, where they also plan to meet with the Ukrainian president,

Zelensky, as well as Shmyhal and other high-ranking government officials, to whom they will transfer a

from the EU with the country after the Russian invasion.

The trip coincides with the approval this Thursday by the European Union of the

for the invasion of Ukraine, which affects, for the first time, the energy sector by prohibiting the import of Russian coal, in addition to including an embargo arms to Russia and veto high-tech exports to that country.

"The latest sanctions come after the atrocities committed by the Russian armed forces in Bucha and other places under Russian occupation.

of Russian troops and the illegal aggression against Ukraine," Borrell shared. On twitter.

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