Chairman of Russian metals company calls for Bucha probe

The board chairman of Russian metals company Rusal has called for an investigation into events in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where Ukrainian officials say Russian troops killed civilians.

Rusal Chairman Bernard Zonneveld, an independent non-executive director, did not address who was responsible or even directly say anyone was killed in Bucha, where Ukrainian forces and journalists discovered scores of bodies on streets and in mass graves after Russian troops withdrew.

“We believe that this crime should be thoroughly investigated,” he said in a statement this week. “We support an objective and impartial investigation of this crime and call for severe punishment for the perpetrators.”