Ukrainian border guards discovered and documented traces of Russian military occupation, including living quarters and food remains, in the radioactive Red Forest area of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone following the Russian withdrawal.
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Russian soldiers lived in houses abandoned since 1986 in the irradiated Red Forest
Russian soldiers left remains of picnics and food consumption in the radioactively contaminated area
Russian occupiers were digging trenches in the Chornobyl zone
There is sufficient evidence to qualify the killings in Bucha as war crimes
Russian forces shot civilians who spoke Ukrainian
Civilians were found shot in the head, some raped, and some with hands tied behind their backs
These people had no weapons
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