Before and after: Video showing the devastation in a city as Ukraine accuses Russia of a massacre | Ukraine and Russia

Ukraine accuses Russian forces of committing a massacre in the town of Bucha, 60 km from Kyiv.

The area was occupied by Russian soldiers after invading the country and is a strategic area for the siege of the Ukrainian capital.

The Russian army retreated after a change in its strategy that now targets the eastern region of the country, where the Donbass, the birthplace of the separatists, is located.

Watch the video above What some places looked like before the Russian invasion and what they looked like after the soldiers left the area.

A satellite image shows destroyed homes in Bucha, Ukraine – Image: Maxar Technologies via Reuters

Even Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russia’s actions in the region genocide.

The international community has increased pressure on Russia after images of civilian deaths were published across the Ukrainian capital.

Russia denies the existence of any civilian targets and said the photos “Ordered by the United States”

A report in the New York Times showed, Based on satellite imagesthat corpses had already been scattered in the streets of Bucha before the withdrawal of Russian forces.