Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russian troops "murderers, torturers, rapists, looters" on Monday after dozens of bodies were found near the embattled capital, Kyiv, triggering global outrage and vows of tough new sanctions on Moscow.
Local authorities said they had been obliged to dig communal graves to bury the dead accumulating in the streets. Some bodies were found with their hands bound behind their backs, in scenes that sent shockwaves through international capitals.
