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.
Those bodies look far too fresh for the Russians to have killed them, especially since they left days prior
These bodies are decaying despite having laid in snow and low temp generally.
Its been above freezing in Bucha (and above refrigeration temperature too) for more than a week now, the hell are you talking about? Additionally, you should see signs of rigor mortis on bodies greater than 24 hours old, these bodies show no signs of that.
Unless somehow the Russian's snuck in a bunch of troops, in the presently militarily occupied by Ukrainian forces Bucha, and somehow managed to shoot a bunch of civilians without also attracting attention from the Ukrainian military....I don't buy it.