president biden is now calling for a war crimes trial against vladimir putin because of this. let s begin our coverage with cnn s fred pleitgen. he filed this report on the very latest from bucha. 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 say they believe dead bodies are still lying underneath. but here, the dead also lay in the open. ukrainian national police showed us this mass grave in bucha saying they believe up to 150 civilians might be buried here but no one knows the exact number. people killed while the russian army occupied this town. this is what it looks like when the hope is crushed. vladimir searching for his younger brother demetri and now convinced he lies here, even though he can t be 100% sure.
and the mass grave as well. so as more of this is coming to light we can certainly see the amount of civilian casualties has been a lot higher than anybody would have thought and certainly, also, a lot higher than the russians for their part would ever be willing to admit. here s what we witnessed. 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. but here, the dead also lay in the open. ukrainian national police showed us this mass grave in bucha saying they believe up to 150 civilians may be buried here but no one knows the exact number. people killed while the russian army occupied this town. this is what it looks like when the hope is crushed. vladimir has been searching for his younger brother, dmitri, now convinced dmitri lies here even though he can t be 100% sure.
casualties. from having been on the ground there we saw a lot of dead bodies on the streets and then we saw that mass grave as well. so as more of this is coming to light we certainly can see the amount of civilian casualties, a lot higher than anybody would have thought and certainly also a lot higher than the russians for their part would ever be willing to admit. here what we witnessed. as russian forces retreat from the area, north of kyiv, in their wake, scenes of utter destruction. whole blocks of houses fla flattened. ukraine authorities believing dead bodies are stull lying underneath. but here, the dead also lay in the open. ukrainian national police showed us a mass grave in bucha saying they believed up to 150 civilians might be buried here, but no one knows the exact number. people killed while the russian army occupied this town. this is what it looks like when the hope is crushed.