Russians discussed killings of civilians in radio traffic intercepted by Germany, officials say.

German intelligence has intercepted radio transmissions in which Russian forces discussed carrying out indiscriminate killings north of Kyiv, the capital, according to two officials briefed on an intelligence report.

The conversations were intercepted from Russian military radio and include one Russian telling another that first you interrogate people and then you kill them. The intercepts were reported earlier by the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel.

The report adds to evidence uncovered by The New York Times and other organizations of the killings of civilians in northern Ukrainian towns under Russian occupation, despite the Kremlin’s broad denials of wrongdoing. The images from the town of Bucha, north of Kyiv, showing bodies — some with their hands bound or shot through the back of the head — have prompted global outrage and new promises by Western countries of military aid to Ukraine. Read more

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