Russia orders probe of Ukrainian ‘provocation’ over civilian deaths in Bucha

(Reuters) – Russia’s chief investigator on Monday ordered an official examination of what he called a Ukrainian “provocation” after Kyiv accused the Russian military of massacring civilians in the town of Bucha.

Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Russian Investigative Committee, ordered that a probe be opened on the basis that Ukraine had spread “deliberately false information” about Russian armed forces in Bucha, the committee said in a statement.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey)