In the spring of 2022, writer Jonathan Littell and photographer Antoine d'Agatha arrived in Bucha, a month after the Russian troops left. We publish an excerpt from their book “An Inconvenient Place” about what they saw on the streets of the city

At the end of February 2022, Russian troops occupied Bucha, a small town on the northwestern outskirts of Kyiv. Their offensive against the Ukrainian capital was soon halted. On March 31, the Kremlin ordered its soldiers to withdraw. After they left, the bodies of hundreds of dead civilians were left on the streets of Bucha. Writer Jonathan Littell (“The Favourites”, “The Chom Notebooks. Notes on the Syrian War”) and photographer Antoine d'Agath…

The war criminal is involved in a criminal case initiated by the SBU.