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.
I am kinda disappointed in Russian propaganda (and people over at kia2 that buy it, don't jump from the 10th floor because globohomo said it's unhealthy). Couldn't they find better counter claims than that?
The first bodies are dated the same day that announcement from major was published about town getting liberated on 31st (yes, that video was published on 1st of April, surprise!). The material of this "video" people claim was done on 3rd was already photoed by globohomo media and published all over the world on 2nd of April.
Where can I find the photo/video dated April 1 and April 2?
https://t.me/News380/7944
That's one of the very first videos recorded, surprise! Even the "characters" we saw later on are present.
By night into April 2nd we had photos like this (which are obviously made the day before at the latest):
https://t.me/News380/7963
And by evening of April 2 we had mainstream media get on the case, let bing/yandex/whoever be with you. (EDIT: if you are lazy, I can link you that one as well).
Frankly, I don't even find it necessary to defend Russian soldiers here, because they never hid how much of literal Orcs they are. But I do find it important to point out that specific of this war is that basically all the stuff that happens ends up first on Telegram, and Russian propaganda has eaten multiple embarassments to that in last few years.
Thanks, the bodies do match up.