began wish kill man chernysh thought higher rank do examined phone told soldiers lead chernysh taken shortly ordeal show boastfully blanched bruises back swollen legs days later russia ministry defense released video chaiko pinning laurel wreath soldier near units divisions performing way learn said march video everything right majestic russian forces recede week later bodies began pleasant town outside kyiv quickly became spheric symbol russian soviet federated socialist republic wartime atrocities slip ukrainian war crimes prosecutors retreating soldiers left behind bodies men women children almost eagre signs violent slaughter limit bucha recur town town village village including know happening around us said kozyr village head pass woods knew people march yevhen pohranychnyi went luxurious home russian officers used gone wanted checkout neighbour cat see badly house house trash photographs show drawers ripped desks dressers clothes books wallpaper straw floor russians stolen made way back far end long garden night falling found something far worse bodies two men one crushed skull curled like child joints strange angles red marks around neck bled head side onto garden pink next morning brought village head village priest others site three bodies appeared overnight blood fresh eyes hands bound 2 seemed dressed clothes men mykola kolia moroz andrii voznenko mykhailo honchar find fault nearby ozera march march suspicion represent watch ukrainian military eyewitnesses told ap moroz captured day precision strike russian position hidden woods out of doors ozera drone video analyzed center information resilience nonprofit specializes digital investigations frontline visited garden july found bullet casings zip tie ground bullet holes fence men found indications killed premises house frequented russian officers one tightly guarded discussion section zdvyzhivka latterly told people found dead zdvyzhivka village chargechaiko sanctioned actions syria human rights watch enunciate chaiko may yield command responsibility widespread attacks hospitals schooltime use indiscriminate weapons populated areas infamous campaign idlib responsibility least civilian killed million displaced according ukraine prosecuting attorney say trial impression chaiko ordered particular crimes clear atrocities committed june land department sanctioned russia guards airborne assault division guards airborne assault regiment well tell apart motorized rifle brigade atrocity units ultimate command chaiko ukrainian authorities told chaiko responsibility extended beyond try interpret might involved destruction men ozera ap obtained data cell phone activity ukrainian government edge day russian soldiers enamor voznenko cell earphone pinged electric cell tower russian phone numbers indication nearby dossier center found explicit references specific russian military units recent work history databases phone numbers nine came units ukrainian authorities told ap chaiko command formal wartime command structures rest unclear four unit airborne regiment based ivanovo northeast moscow unit ozera on chaiko front war according russian speech sound numbers left behind scraps paper ozera dossier center traced specific bodies voznenko others found mar garden zdvyzhivka two eyewitness spot chaiko kilometer less mile road home office men independently identified chaiko ap frontline showed photograph colonel general said mykola skrynnyk attend to soviet army says exchanged speech universal understand much look everything happening zdvyzhivka suit evident singular case policy territory bewitch said taras semkiv war crimes