The Ukrainian Defence Ministry published horrific footage of the scenes Ukrainian soldiers found after they retook the city of Bucha along with a comment comparing it with the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide.

The Ministry said that Bucha is the “new Srebrenica”.

“Local civillians were being executed arbitrarily, some with hands tied behind their backs, their bodies scattered in the streets of the city,” it said.

According to AFP, journalists saw about 20 bodies of people in civilian clothing “strewn across the street” in the city.

“Some lie with sightless eyes staring at Ukraine's overcast sky, some lie face down on the tarmac,” AFP wrote.