France, March 31 -- The European Union's top diplomat Kaja Kallas, was accompanied by the foreign ministers of Germany, Poland, Italy, Romania, Ireland, Sweden, Bulgaria and the Baltic states on a visit to Bucha in Ukraine on Tuesday.

They were hosted by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha for a sombre commemoration ceremony for the victims of a massacre in the town of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv.

It was here that the bodies of hundreds of civilians who had been summarily executed were found on the streets after Russian forces abandoned Kyiv's suburbs in the early stages of the invasion, in February 2022.

Authorities say that many of the victims were gunned down in the street. Some had their hands tied behind their backs, a...