- Title: Bucha residents attend prayers on third anniversary of town's recapture
- Date: 30th March 2025
- Summary: BUCHA, UKRAINE (MARCH 30, 2025) (REUTERS) WOMAN HOLDING FLOWERS / AUDIO OF CHURCH BELLS RINGING / CHILDREN STANDING IN FRONT OF CHURCH CHURCH TOWERS PEOPLE HOLDING FLOWERS ARCHBISHOP LAVRENTII AND UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS CARRYING FLOWERS TO MEMORIAL ARCHBISHOP AND OFFICIALS AT MEMORIAL MOURNERS MOURNER CRYING MOURNERS (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) ARCHBISHOP, LAVRENTII, SAYING: "Onl
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- Keywords: 2022 Bucha Kyiv region Russia Russian invasion war in Ukraine
- Location: BUCHA, UKRAINE
- City: BUCHA, UKRAINE
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001281230032025RP1
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- Story Text:Bucha residents attended an orthodox prayer on the third year anniversary of the town's recapture from Russian troops on Sunday (March 30).
Speaking to mourners on the church square in Bucha, Archbishop Lavrentii urged the attendees to not forget "the innocent victims."
Ukraine and most major western countries have accused Russia of war crimes in Bucha during the several weeks when the town north of Kyiv was under Russian occupation.
Pictures of dead civilians that emerged after Russian forces withdrew sparked an international uproar and led to further sanctions on Russia by the United States, Britain and the European Union.
Russia has denied allegations that it killed civilians in Bucha, calling footage and photographs of dead bodies a "staged performance" by Kyiv.
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