Good evening.

When Russia's war on Ukraine, their invasion of Ukraine began, it was feared or even expected

that this moment would come, which does listen little to lessen the horror now that it

has.

This is going to be a difficult hour tonight because in reporting on the mass killing of civilians

and the now liberated suburb of Butchia outside Kiev, we'll be showing you precisely what

that aftermath looks like.

You'll see the dead bodies of human beings, not casualties of war, not victims of some

formless horror to come to earth.

People did this to other people, up close, in many cases, tying their hands behind their

backs, forcing them to kneel or simply shooting them where they stood, leaving them dead

in the streets.

Others reportedly killed by snipers who used them for target practice.

A CNN team, late today, witnessed the removal of five decomposed human beings from a local

basement.

Their hands were tied.

The US had gunshot wounds at the head and lower extremities as well.

The Ukrainian official telling CNN the five were tortured, something that we cannot independently

confirm.

It was, in any case, against the laws of war set out in the Geneva Convention as applied

to enemy troops, let alone civilians.

The images of mass graves show, sadly, far from isolated.

...