Apparently the timeline of the discovery of the Bucha massacre (as reported by the NYT!) is questionable, since the mayor didn't mention anything about mass killings when the town was liberated. Also it neatly coincides with a Ukranian op to clear the area of "saboteurs and collaborators."
I gave Ukraine some benefit of the doubt about the news when it broke because the presence of dozens or hundreds of dead bodies to fake a massacre just seemed unbelievable. It seems I was at least partially wrong.
This scenario goes along with video of what's supposedly Azov (or another neo-Nazi group) accosting and killing civilians trying to leave Mariupol.
The bodies aren't new, they're visible in old sat imagery, it's corroborated by locals.
Btw, https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/poland-ready-to-assist-in-bucha-massacre-investigation-29417
Azov vid was a fake. But Russia really is blockading the city entirely and not letting even Red Cross to come. Speaking of whom (Red Cross), today: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/red-cross-team-released-after-being-blocked-way-mariupol-ukrainian-deputy-pm-2022-04-05/ (which was after https://www.icrc.org/en/document/ukraine-icrc-team-unable-reach-mariupol-renewed-attempt-tomorrow). It's a very Grozny style siege warfare.
I find it at least plausible that the Chechen soldiers in Bucha executed civilians, but I would like to see better evidence. None of the links in your post are relevant to that.
Yeah?
Your first link says the Red Cross is back on their way to Mariupol after being detained overnight. Not much to be outraged about. You don't let a bunch of people pass through a checkpoint just because they're wearing red armbands.
Survivor testimony naming Siberians (Buryats): https://twitter.com/olliecarroll/status/1511350713435230217
The Economist is a trusted source now? I'm not asking rhetorically - this very well could have happened, but I don't think a journalist from that outlet is unimpeachable proof.