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.
What do you think they are passing out to people? They are giving out emergency ration kits, which are being distributed by the army (and were probably packaged by the army)...is it really so strange to think they would be labeled by country of origin and by whom is responsible for the packaging and/or distribution?
It's not "Russian humanitarian aid".
Russians looted stores and houses for food. (And not just food. The Kiev suburbs were some of the wealthiest areas in Ukraine.)
In case you haven't noticed, Ukraine is an active warzone. Civilian supply lines are effectively fucked, this means significantly disrupted food deliveries to stores...for what should be fairly obvious reasons. Thus, while the Russian's held the town they provided rations and supplies to those that lived in the town, and there is overwhelming evidence that supports this.
I have seen reports of Russian troops stealing food from stores, I have seen reports of Ukrainian troops stealing food from stores (both levelling the accusations are Ukrainian), I am unsure who is telling the truth or if both are telling the truth. Moreover that doesn't change the fact that the crux of the problem is that Ukraine is literally at war.
https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1511652838014861316
The duality of man.