March 31, 2023: A solemn day of remembrance on the first anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, Ukraine. 🇺🇦🕯️🇸🇰🇸🇮💙💛🇭🇷🇲🇩🕯️🇺🇦 #Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost . . . President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with leaders of Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Moldova, have honored the memory of Bucha residents who died during the Russian occupation. Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger, Slovenian PM Robert Golob, Croatian PM Andrej Plenkovic and Moldovan President Maia Sandu arrived in Kyiv on March 31, marking the one-year anniversary of Ukraine's liberation of Bucha. The officials took part in the ceremony bringing lit candles to the burial site of civilians killed by Russian troops in Kyiv Oblast's Bucha, which was occupied for 33 days. [From a related post by @kyivindependent_official: "It is estimated that Russian troops had committed more than 9,000 war crimes in the Bucha district, killing over 1,400 people, including 37 children."] Photos: Ukraine's Presidential Office 13h