Coveney describes 'horrific scenes of brutality and murder' witnessed on Ukraine visit

Coveney describes 'horrific scenes of brutality and murder' witnessed on Ukraine visit

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney in Bucha, Ukraine.

Of more than 400 bodies identified in a mass grave in Bucha, just two were military personnel, Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner at the conclusion of his visit to Bucha and Kyiv in Ukraine, Mr Coveney said there is irrefutable evidence of mass murder of innocent civilians by Russian troops as they were being pushed back.

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