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Grisly scenes from areas outside the Ukrainian capital suggest Russian troops carried out massacres as they retreated.

Near Kyiv in Motyzhyn, the bodies of the village鈥檚 mayor and her family lay in a shallow grave on Monday, untouched out of fear of traps.

鈥淥ver there in the hole lies my family,鈥 a man told Reuters at the scene. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know why they were killed. They were peaceful, kind people.鈥

Even closer to Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy toured the carnage left behind in Bucha, where streets were strewn with bodies, some bound and apparently executed at close range.

鈥淲e know of thousands of people killed and tortured, with severed limbs, women raped, children murdered,鈥 Zelenskyy told reporters on Monday. 鈥淭his is a genocide.鈥

The horrifying images have intensified international outrage and calls for Russian President Vladimir Putin to face war crimes charges.

At the at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, the world鈥檚 largest plane sat destroyed and surrounded by ruins. Russia had sent paratroopers to the airport in the early hours of the invasion in an apparent bid to secure it as a launching pad to attack Kyiv, but were never able to use its runway.

鈥淲ith liberation comes destitution in old age,鈥 a man nearby told CTV National News Chief International Correspondent Paul Workman. 鈥淎ll I鈥檝e got left is what I鈥檓 wearing and my bike.鈥

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