Russia faces growing outrage amid new evidence of atrocities in Ukraine

Women mourn during the funeral of 44-year-old soldier Tereshko Volodymyr, and 41-year-old soldier Simakov Oleksandr, after he was killed in action, at the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul Church in Lviv, western Ukraine, on Monday April 4 2022 (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)

Russia faced a fresh wave of condemnation on Monday after evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine.

Some western leaders called for further sanctions in response, even as Moscow continued to press its offensive in the country’s east.