difference between civilian and military targets at this point. as its propaganda machine at home is portraying most of the ukrainian population as nazis and therefore, fair game. we will have more on that propaganda later on the show. meanwhile, in a new video message, ukraine s president pointed to the atrocities that have been uncovered in the kyiv suburbs and asked western-ish and what more they needed to see to make them punish russia more severely? he said, quote, some politicians are still struggling about how to decide to stop the flow of oil dollars in a way that does not put their own economies under attack. but that is why people go into politics, to solve such difficult task. if you are not able to, then you should not have gone into politics in the first place. the question is only how many more ukrainian men and women the russian soldiers will have time to kill for an oil embargo is put into place.
nbc s richard engel north of ukraine s capital. russia may not see any difference between civilian and military targets at this point, as its propaganda machine at home is portraying most of the ukrainian population as nazis and therefore fair game. we re going to have more on that insidious propaganda later in the show but meanwhile in a new video message tonight, ukraine s president pointed to the atrocities being uncovered in the kyiv suburbs, and asked western nations what more they needed to make, what more they needed to see to make them punish russia more severely. he said some politicians are still struggling with deciding how to stop the flow of oil dollars and oil euros to russia in a way that does not put their own economies under attack. but that is why people go into politics, to solve such difficult tasks. if you re not able to, then you should not have gone into politics in the first place. the question is only how many more ukrainian men and women the russian soldiers w
into the town of bucha. this is the town where ukrainian forces have for the last several days been finding the bodies of civilians who appeared to have been summarily executed during the several week occupation by russian troops. bucha is now back in ukrainian hands. the town is largely destroyed. some of the few remaining residents are emerging from basements, even attempting a bit of normalcy. children playing on swings in a miraculous undamaged playground. but elsewhere in bucha, police and volunteers are gathering bodies, bringing them to the cemetery. the cemetery manager says they collected around 300 body so far, but many remain in makeshift graves, gardens and yards. bucha is just one of the kyiv suburbs and northern towns where ukrainian forces are slowly uncovering what s russian troops have left on in their wake as they withdraw. today richard engels to the
show. meanwhile, in a new video message, ukraine s president pointed to the atrocities that have been uncovered in the kyiv suburbs and asked western-ish and what more they needed to see to make them punish russia more severely? he said, quote, some politicians are still struggling about how to decide to stop the flow of blood dollars in a way that does not put their own economies under attack. but that is why people go into politics, to solve such difficult task. if you are not able to, then you should not have gone into politics in the first place. the question is only how many more ukrainian men and women the russian soldiers will have time to kill for an oil embargo is put into place. president biden did announce new sanctions today blocking several major russian banks and imposing sanctions on vladimir putin s adult daughters, the wife and daughter of putin s longtime foreign minister.
already beginning. but the residents here are just so angry. they spent several weeks under russian occupation. and the question moving forwarder is what could happen next? how can there be any sort of peace process when you look at something like this, civilians clearly targeted? there is a lot of talk about potentially chopping up part of the country and giving it to russia, but so many of these residents say that s not an option. this is their country. and they don t see how this can move forward. while the russians are now pushing to the east and the south, they are now out of the kyiv suburbs. but this recovery will take some time as this war drags on. our colleague, nbc s gabe gutierrez, in irpin. joining our coverage, our friend