People stand next to a mass grave in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 4, 2022. AP journalists saw dozens of bodies in Bucha, many of them shot at close range, and some with their hands tied behind them. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — As gruesome videos and photos of bodies emerge from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, Kremlin-backed media are denouncing them as an elaborate hoax — a narrative that journalists in Ukraine have shown to be false.
