Join FRONTLINE for an investigation into Russian war crimes through eyewitness accounts, videos and exclusive 3D data with the AP and SITU, mapping the atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine. Viewers will also hear the story of a family’s struggle to reunite after separation at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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About the Program
Using a 3D model of Bucha, intercepted phone conversations of Russian soldiers and hundreds of hours of surveillance footage, the joint investigation shows, for the first time, what a cleansing operation looks like.
This investigation focuses on the month-long period in which Russian forces remained stalled out in Bucha after failing to advance on the Ukrainian capital. When they eventually left in early April, what they left behind was evidence of a massacre, the scale of which had not previously been understood.
To analyze the patterns of violence that resulted in the deaths of over 450 people, The Associated Press and FRONTLINE collaborated with Situ Research who used drone footage from a Ukrainian citizen research group, Jus Talionis, to build a 3D model of Bucha illustrating the scale of alleged war crimes committed there by Russian forces.