Newsweek 4/6/22 Sergey Lavrov alleged that Russia had been blamed for atrocities in Bucha to divert attention from peace negotiations in which Ukraine had begun to backpedal and try to attach new conditions. (Wikipedia, mars 2023: The Battle of Bucha was part of the Kyiv offensive in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The battle lasted from 27 February 2022 to 31 March 2022 and ended with the withdrawal of Russian forces. Mayor Anatolii Fedoruk reported that Bucha had been fully retaken from Russian forces as of 31 March.[4] After Ukrainian forces regained control of Bucha, reports and testimonies of war crimes committed by the Russian military began to circulate. These war crimes have been collectively labeled the Bucha massacre)