Russian soldiers opened fire on a cyclist in Bucha, new video shows.

New video has emerged that provides to mounting proof of atrocities carried out in March whereas Russia’s navy occupied the suburban city of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv.

The video exhibits a bike owner shifting alongside a road in Bucha, dismounting and strolling a bicycle across the nook onto a road occupied by Russian troopers. As quickly because the bike owner rounds the flip, a Russian armored automobile fires a number of high-caliber rounds alongside the thoroughfare. A second armored automobile fires two rounds within the path of the bike owner. A plume of mud and smoke rises from the scene.

The video is aerial footage recorded by Ukraine’s navy in early March, when Russian forces nonetheless held the city. It has been independently verified by The New York Instances.

Weeks later, after Russia withdrew from Bucha, a physique in civilian garments was filmed beside a bicycle on this exact location in a second video verified by The Instances. The physique, with one leg mangled, lies behind a concrete utility pillar that has collapsed from an obvious strike. The harm to the pillar is in step with high-caliber ammunition. The individual’s clothes — a darkish blue prime and lighter pants — matches the bike owner’s apparel.

Within the aerial footage, the Russian armored autos seen on the road seem like BMD-4 infantry preventing autos, that are generally mounted with a 100-millimeter gun and 30-millimeter cannon, in accordance with a Instances evaluation of the video. Greater than 20 Russian navy autos are positioned close to the 2 autos that fired, each on the identical road and stretching for blocks alongside a cross road.

The navy convoy is stationed at an intersection on Yablonska Avenue, the place The Instances on Monday documented greater than a dozen useless our bodies. Satellite tv for pc photographs confirmed that the individuals have been killed in March whereas Russia managed the city; the brand new video confirms {that a} Russian convoy was located the place lots of these our bodies have been discovered.

John Ismay contributed reporting and David Botti contributed video enhancing.