West plans more Russia sanctions over civilian deaths in Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden called for a war crimes trial against Russia's President Vladimir Putin
Moscow faced more Western sanctions on Tuesday in retaliation for civilian killings in northern Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for a thorough investigation, saying more dead could be found in areas seized from Russian invaders.
Qazet.az reports that Moscow accused the West of staging the deaths to discredit its troops, denied that they had carried out any atrocities and threatened to expel more Western diplomats.
Russia pulled out its forces from towns north of the capital Kyiv last week as it turns its assault to Ukraine's south and east.
As Ukrainian troops recaptured towns devastated by nearly six weeks of war, including Bucha, dead civilians were found lining the streets.
Grim images of a mass grave in Bucha and the bound bodies of people shot at close range prompted an international outcry and pledges of more sanctions against Moscow.
U.S. President Joe Biden called for a war crimes trial against Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Washington will ask the U.N. General Assembly to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council.