"Bucha massacre" was part of kremlin's strategy to intimidate and crush resistance - Spiegel

German intelligence claims to have intercepted russian military radio communications discussing the killing of civilians in Bucha. Mediazona writes this with reference to Spiegel.

The German newspaper writes that the intercepted recordings show that the killings were "part of a clear strategy" to "intimidate the civilian population and suppress the resistance".

It is maintained that German intelligence also has other records of intercepts, from which it follows that events similar to those that happened in Bucha took place in other settlements captured by the russian troops.