they were advancing. and then the ambush happened. panic must have ensued. look how this armoured vehicle has ended up ramming that one. they had no idea what the ukrainians had in store for them. young conscripts ran away begging, local people said, not to be turned over to ukrainian territorial defence. a neighbour who called himself uncle risha said, i felt sorry for them, they were so young, 18 to 20, with their whole lives ahead of them. a few civilians who stayed said they d tried to avoid the russians, cooking outdoors because their gas, power and water were cut. this is the first bread we have had in 38 days, said maria. the russians systematically broke down doors to loot flats, they said.
a neighbour said, i felt sorry for them, they were so young, 18 to 20, with their whole lives ahead of them. it looks like the russians, as they prepared to pull out of bucha, had no such pity. at least 20 dead men, some with their wrists tied, were lying in the street as ukrainian troops entered the town. the mayor said they buried 280 people in mass graves. a few civilians who stayed said they d tried to avoid the russians, cooking outdoors because their gas, power and water were cut. this is the first bread we have had in 38 days, said maria. the russians systematically broke down doors to loot flats, they said.
than 19,000 people killed since last march. the chief fox correspondent is here. president assad is hanging on despite projections he could fall in 36 hours and it has been longer than that. you remember the bombing in damascus last week, there was a lot of thought that maybe he would be gone in a day or two, but, certainly, his forces now fighting back very hard, indeed, and we have heard reports of syrian security forces going door-to-door in damascus kicking down doors, searching for anybody they believe may be involved in the rebellion, the fighting also has spread to the second largest city, fierce clashes being reported there, and the syrian observatory for human rights which monitors these things says in the past week more than 1,200 people have been killed. that makes it the most bloody week so far of what has been an 18-month battle. shepard: this syrian government says it will not use