Russian ambassador to the UN claims Ukraine 'staged' Bucha atrocities
Russia is not responsible for the atrocities that Ukraine claims occurred in Bucha, the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations claimed in a press conference on Monday.
Ambassador Vasily Alekseevich Nebenzya claimed that experts who analyzed the video showing dead bodies on the street in Bucha and concluded the scene was staged, alleging that the people lying on the street showed signs of life and that it was clear the first stages of decomposition, which would have occurred in the days after Russian military forces had withdrawn, have not taken place.
To back his claims, Nebenzya played a video, purportedly filmed on Saturday after Russian forces left Bucha, and pointed out that there were no dead bodies on the streets.
Nebenzya also alleged that the Ukrainian military interviewed people in different locations throughout Bucha and there was no mention of a civilian massacre.
"Now the nationalists have a pretext to commit a real massacre" Nebenzya said, claiming Ukraine would use Bucha as a false flag operation. "We want the world to stay alert."
Nebenzya added that the "truth of what happened in Bucha will reveal itself" and that he will present "even more" evidence to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday.
-ABC News' Christine Theodorou