In the suburb of bucha where so much killing took place. now, i was able to speak to this country s prosecutor general at the edge of that mass grave because this country is currently launching a massive campaign to try to prove in courts what president biden says he believes is already shaping up in his opinion. and we do have to warn our viewers that what you re about to see is extremely graphic and very disturbing. even as russian troops mass in eastern ukraine for what the u.s. believes will be a huge offensive, authorities in kyiv continue digging up bodies. painstaking work that goes hand in hand with investigating russia s attack on kyiv and possible crimes committed by vladimir putin s invading troops. prosecutor general is leading the charge. she spoke to me at the edge of a mass grave in the kyiv suburb of bucha. for us, the best motivation is justice.
And of course, we understand that all ukrainian want fast justice. true and fast justice. that s why we do everything to document all evidence, all facts of war crimes that we have here in ukraine. french forensic investigators are now also on the scene. not because ukraine lacks expertise, but because kyiv wants to be as transparent as possible in the face of russian disinformation efforts. we want to do our job absolutely open. with standards of international humanitarian law. it s very high standards. that s why when we re here we have our international colleagues. we understand they can see everything. they can see real situation here, real graves, real dead bodies. after ukrainian forces managed to expel russian troops from around kyiv and some other areas they had occupied in
Images. reporter: even as russian troops mass in eastern ukraine for what the u.s. believes will be a huge offensive, authorities in kyiv continue digging up bodies. painstaking work that goes hand in hand with investigating russia s attack on kyiv and possible crimes committed by vladimir putin s invading troops. prosecutor general iryna benedictova is leading the charge. she spoke to me at the edge of a mass grave in the suburb of kyiv. for us the motivation is justice. and of course we understand that all the ukrainian want fast justice. true and fast justice. that s why we do everything to document all evidence, all facts of war crimes that we have here in ukraine. reporter: french forensic investigators are now also on the scene, not because ukraine lacks expertise, but because