Dragana Trifkovic

The Fact-Checking Association Found the Names of Militants Among “Civilians of Bucha” By Anton Potokov Vedomosti The steles bearing the names of “civilians who died in Bucha” mention 57 Ukrainian servicemen, including militants from “Azov (the organization is recognized as terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation),” as well as 26 unofficial participants in the hostilities. TASS reports this, citing the international fact-checking association GFCN. According to experts, 57 people were official servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Territorial Defense Forces, the police, and the National Guard. Another 26 people, according to GFCN, attacked Russian servicemen using “Molotov cocktails” and explosive devices. On September 25, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the events in Bucha with UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Lavrov handed Guterres a report entitled “The Heirs of Goebbels: Falsification of the Events in Bucha and the Bloody Staging by the Kyiv Regime.” The document was prepared by the International Public Tribunal. According to the Russian side, it presents facts indicating that the events were staged by Kyiv and its NATO sponsors. Source