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Shallow grave provides more evidence of atrocities near Kyiv
| France's President Macron says there are clear indications Russian forces have committed war crimes
Germany, which relies heavily on Russian gas, says it is "working towards" an embargo on Russian energy but won't act immediately
Russia says it rejects "all allegations" without providing any evidence
| Bucha – a city in which Russian forces have been accused of slaughtering civilians.
You can see around what was done to this modern town. That’s a characteristic of Russian soldiers.
“With every day, when our army are moving into the previously occupied territory, you can see what’s happening,”.
"Day by day, they find bodies in cellars; people tortured, people killed,”.
| UK considering action against Russian soldiers.
Senior government sources have told the BBC that the UK government is considering further action against Russian soldiers themselves.
It's understood this could include sanctions - but also looking at ways to hold them legally accountable - for what the prime minister has described as evidence of war crimes in Ukraine.
Officials are looking at measures that could target captains, majors and colonels in the Russian military.
| EU ready to send war crimes investigators to Ukraine.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU is ready to send joint investigations teams to Ukraine to document reported war crimes.
The teams would be in coordination with Ukraine's prosecutor general, with support from the European police agency Europol and criminal justice agency Eurojust.
| International response:
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said he agreed the killings should be classified as genocide
French president Emmanuel Macron called for more sanctions on Russia's oil and coal exports in response
Germany's economic minister Robert Habeck said his country was "working towards" an embargo on Russian energy
EU Council president Charles Michel said further EU sanctions and support for Ukraine were "on their way"
| https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60949706
| https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-retreat-leaves-trail-slain-civilians-town-near-kyiv-2022-04-02/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/30/devastation-and-loss-bucha-ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/bucha-violence-invasion-russia-ukraine
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/03/ukraine-says-killing-of-civilians-in-bucha-a-deliberate-massacre-a77187
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| Shocking images of bodies in the streets of Bucha, near Kyiv, have led to an outpouring of international condemnation of Russia
We have seen further evidence of civilian killings near Kyiv - a shallow grave where four people allegedly shot dead by Russian forces were buried
Our reporters have also seen the bodies of five men in a basement in Bucha who had their hands bound