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Bearing Witness in Ukraine

Velshi

MS NOW, Ali Velshi

News, Ms Now, News Commentary, Ali Velshi, Versant, Politics, Versant Media, Government, Weekend News

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2022

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Russia accused of committing human atrocities in Ukraine and a key election in Hungary

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0:00.0

Good morning. It is Sunday, April 3rd, day 39 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I'm Ali Valshi,

0:10.6

live in Lviv. For several days now and for several reasons, we've been hearing that we are approaching a turning point in this war,

0:18.1

and now it seems we are there. I must warn you, this morning show, the topics,

0:22.8

the images, the descriptions of what is happening on the ground here in Ukraine. They're graphic.

0:28.6

They're disturbing, and they are difficult to watch. This is not going to be typical Sunday

0:32.8

morning TV fair. Some of the worst images we've seen so far from Vladimir Putin's brutal war of choice

0:39.1

are coming to light today. Some of the worst images you may ever see on television, but we must

0:44.6

watch, we must bear witness because it's the truth to which we cannot and must not shield our

0:50.2

eyes. So with that warning, let's get to it. Ukrainian forces say they have fully liberated

0:55.8

areas and towns around Kiev. However, any celebration about that liberation is more than

1:01.8

overshadowed by what has been discovered in the wake of the Russian retreat. Because while

1:06.8

Ukrainian flags may fly once again in these towns, they are flying over the body of dozens,

1:12.7

hundreds, perhaps thousands of dead Ukrainian civilians, killed, according to Ukrainian officials,

1:18.7

and witnessed by Russian troops for nothing other than being Ukrainian.

1:24.1

In Buzha, a previously thriving suburb, a commuter town located just 20 miles from the center of Kiev.

1:30.3

The devastation is immense, as is the sheer brutality and sheer inhumanity.

1:36.3

The town was without electricity, gas, food, and other resources and supplies for weeks while under Russian occupation. And according to officials

1:45.4

on the ground reports and the images that you are about to see, which again are deeply disturbing,

1:52.6

civilians appear to have been massacred with dead bodies dressed in civilian clothing lining the

1:58.4

streets. This video posted by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense

2:02.3

shows trucks literally swerving to avoid the bodies of what appear to be dead civilians. One body

2:09.4

still seen holding onto a bicycle. Buzha's mayor says that at least 20 people were shot in the

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