Volodymyr Zelensky promises to defeat “Russian evil” during commemorations of the Boutcha massacre

“In the streets of Boutcha, the world saw Russian evil, evil in its purest form.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to defeat “Russian Evil” by visiting Boutcha, Friday March 31, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the liberation of this city-martyr. “We will win, for sure, the Russian evil will fall, right here in Ukraine and will not be able to rise again”he hammered in front of the Croatian Prime Ministers Andrej Plenkovic, Slovak Eduard Heger, Slovenian Robert Golob and Moldovan President Maia Sandu.

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According to the Ukrainian president, the Kremlin seeks to extend this evil “to other streets in Ukraine, Europe and the world”. “They could have done it if we hadn’t been there, if it hadn’t been for the Ukrainians. You stopped the greatest anti-human force of our time. You stopped the power that despises and seeks to destroy everything that gives meaning to human beings”, he launched. A year after Boutcha’s release, kyiv estimates that “over 1,400” the number of civilians who died in the Boutcha district during the Russian occupation.

“We will never forgive. We will punish all the culprits.”

Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine

quoted by AFP

On March 31, 2022, the Russian army withdrew from Boutcha and all of northern Kiev, a month after launching the invasion of the country on the orders of President Vladimir Putin. Two days after the withdrawal, the massacre was known. Were discovered in the city, on April 2, charred carcasses of vehicles, destroyed houses and above all, scattered over several hundred meters, the corpses of twenty men in civilian clothes, one of whom had his hands tied behind his back. These scenes shocked the whole world, kyiv and Westerners denouncing summary executions of civilians and war crimes. The Kremlin denies him any involvement and evokes a staging.