Russia has denied that its forces were responsible for the massacre of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and says widely spread footage of dead bodies lying on streets could be faked. Claiming that Russian troops left the town in the Kiev region last Wednesday, a Russian Defence Ministry statement published on Sunday said: “During the time the settlement was under the control of the Russian armed forces, not a single resident suffered from any acts of violence.” The Ukrainian authorities blame the Russian soldiers who occupied the town until recently, while the Russian Defence Ministry …