russians. why do you hate us so much she asked. since the 1930s you ve been abusing ukraine, you want to destroy us, you want us gone. but we will be okay. i believe it. video from bucha shows bodies in the streets after russian forces left the area. some images even show bodies with hands tied behind their backs. the russian defense ministry denies killing civilians and claims images of dead civilians are, quote, fake. we met a family just returning to their house which they say was occupied by russian soldiers. they show us the body of a dead man in civilian clothes they had found in the back yard. his hands and feet tied with severe bruises and a shell casing still laying nearby. russia s military appears to have suffered heavy losses before being driven out of the
bucha as more and more bodies are being found. here is what we witnessed. reporter: as russian forces retreat from the area north of kyiv, in their wake scenes of utter destruction. whole blocks of houses flattened, ukrainian authorities saying they believe dead bodies are still lying underneath. they believe up to 150 civilians might be buried here but no one knows the exact number. this is what it looks like when the hope is crushed. he s convinced his brother lies here even though he can t be 100% sure. the neighbor accompanies him with strong words for the
antitank missiles, antitank missiles. would a transfer of tanks be significant on the battlefield? i believe it would, jim. for this reason and this reason only, you re going to have some major fights not only in the donbas but in the northeast, southeast and maybe even in the south. you re going to be required to have tank-on tank forces. the tank brings a quality all of its own to the battle field. it s the same kind of equipment that russia has, the tanks they re going to being getting probably i m making a guess on this probably from slovakia, the czech republic and poland who all have those tanks, they ve all what the military calls up-gunned. they ve had additional enhancement to them by the nato forces. it s very user friendly and good to have on the battlefield. it doesn t have some of the ranges and fire power that many of the western tanks have, but it will be something that will
reenforce the russian army excuse me the ukrainian army as they go toe to toe with russian tank forces. you are aware of some nato leaders being reluctant to send aircraft, russian-made aircraft to ukraine, fearing that that would be scene by russia as direct u.s. nato military involvement in the war. are tanks in a similar or different category? i think they re in the same category, it s just that they re easier to deliver and more useful. there s been this hue and cry for more airplanes. i heard former president poroshenko say this morning give us 100 of them. 100 airplanes out of the blue, if you will, just aren t sitting around to transfer. in some of these russian tanks, these are excess pieces of equipment that provide security for the forces in nato. so when you re talking about the transfer of different types of weapons systems, jim, and i
the city of mykolaiv. in the kyiv region, in north, the aftermath of the russian assault on the sounding area just brutal. the images from the town of bucha are extremely disturbing. we believe it s important to see the stark reality of this war. here it is. this is what remained in bucha after ukrainian forces retook the area from russian forces. bodies, civilians in the streets. some of them it appears killed execution style. our own cnn team went there. this is what they found, mass graves. the mayor claims as many as 300 people have been buried this way, in ditches. russian officials are denying the allegations of killing civilians. they claim the videos, keep in mind our people went there and saw them with their own eyes, but russia claiming the videos are fake. vladimir putin according to ukrainian officials is trying to systematically kill the