Bucha massacre

2022 killing of civilians in the Ukrainian city of Bucha by Russian military force

Class type of: human massacre Q111467700

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22 properties

Instance of: genocide, war crime, massacre^[5]^[6]
Country: Ukraine^[4]
Located in: Bucha
Location: Bucha^[8]
Subclass of: human massacre
Part of: full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war, Kyiv Offensive (2022), Battle of Bucha, war crimes in the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russian war crimes^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 50.537°, 30.219°
Coordinates: 🗺️ 50.537°, 30.219°
End time: March 31, 2022^[16]
Hashtag: BuchaMassacre^[24]
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Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bucha^[3]
Named after: Bucha^[7]
Number of deaths: 280 (280–411, n=4)^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Participant: Russian Armed Forces^[18]
Perpetrator: 64th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, Russian Armed Forces^[25]^[26]
Point in time: March 2022^[17]
Start time: February 27, 2022^[15]
Target: Ukrainians^[14]
Time period: contemporary history^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

en Bucha massacre en Massacre of Bucha en war crimes in Bucha en mass killings in Bucha ar مذبحة بوتشا cs Bučský masakr cs bučský masakr (2022 : Buča, Ukrajina) cs masakr v Buče cs masakr v Buči da Butja-massakren de Butscha-Massaker de Massaker von Butscha de bučský masakr (2022 : Buča, Ukrajina) el Σφαγή της Μπούτσα es genocidio de Bucha es masacre en Bucha es masacre de Bucha es genocidio en Bucha fa کشتار بوچا fi sotarikokset Butšassa

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Image (Wikimedia Commons): The city of Bucha after liberation from the Russians 01.jpg ↗
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Part of 5

full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war, war crimes in the Russo-Ukrainian war, Kyiv Offensive (2022), Battle of Bucha, Russian war crimes

Instance of 3

genocide, war crime, massacre

← Significant event 3

full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war, Bucha, Kyiv Offensive (2022)

Perpetrator 2

Russian Armed Forces, 64th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade

Belongs to 1

war crimes in the Russo-Ukrainian war

Country 1

Ukraine

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Bucha

Location 1

Bucha

Named after 1

Bucha

Participant 1

Russian Armed Forces

Target 1

Ukrainians

Time period 1

contemporary history

← Has effect 1

Battle of Bucha

← Participated in conflict 1

64th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade

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Summary

Bucha massacre is a genocide^[1]. It is a type of human massacre^[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[4] ↑ Bucha massacre — country (P17): Ukraine. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Bucha massacre — instance of (P31): war crime. hrw.org. hrw.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Bucha massacre — instance of (P31): massacre. themoscowtimes.com. themoscowtimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Bucha massacre — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Bucha. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Bucha massacre — named after (P138): Bucha. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Bucha massacre — location (P276): Bucha. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Bucha massacre — subclass of (P279): human massacre. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Bucha massacre — part of (P361): full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Bucha massacre — part of (P361): Kyiv Offensive (2022). wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Bucha massacre — part of (P361): Battle of Bucha. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Bucha massacre — part of (P361): war crimes in the Russo-Ukrainian war. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Bucha massacre — part of (P361): Russian war crimes. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Bucha massacre — target (P533): Ukrainians. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Bucha massacre — start time (P580): February 27, 2022. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Bucha massacre — end time (P582): March 31, 2022. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Bucha massacre — point in time (P585): March 2022. nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Bucha massacre — participant (P710): Russian Armed Forces. ohchr.org. ohchr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Bucha massacre — number of deaths (P1120): 411. Time. Retrieved 2022-04-04. time.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Bucha massacre — number of deaths (P1120): 340. tagesschau.de. tagesschau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Bucha massacre — number of deaths (P1120): 300. tagesschau.de. tagesschau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Bucha massacre — number of deaths (P1120): 280. tagesschau.de. tagesschau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Bucha massacre — time period (P2348): contemporary history. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Bucha massacre — hashtag (P2572): BuchaMassacre. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Bucha massacre — perpetrator (P8031): 64th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade. youtube.com. youtube.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Bucha massacre — perpetrator (P8031): Russian Armed Forces. tagesschau.de. tagesschau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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[1] ↑ Bucha massacre is an instance of genocide (Q41397) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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