A Republican delegation to Ukraine witnessed evidence that Russian soldiers are engaging in crimes against humanity including summary executions, torture, and rape, according to Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas).
Russian troops are conducting crimes en masse and concealing the evidence by burning the bodies of those abused, according to McCaul, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee and is currently leading the delegation.
“We just came back from Bucha to see the war crimes that took place in violation of the Geneva Convention[s],” McCaul said during a Feb. 21 press conference after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“Innocent civilians killed by these criminals, these Russian soldiers. Hands tied behind their back and shot in the head, women and children raped, people tortured, and mobile crematoriums to destroy the evidence.”…