Elissa Slotkin tweeted the following:
"Id heard & read much about the Kyiv suburb of Bucha after the reports of Russias war crimes broke this spring, but as we toured the town with local leaders & stood near the hallowed ground of a mass grave just 3 months old, I still grew more emotional than I had anticipated. 1/"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Elissa Slotkin:
"6/ Seeing the destruction up close & hearing the pain in the voices of regular people who live in Irpin was a powerful reminder of why our support matters. The Russians brutality was worse than I had anticipated, and it is not something that I will forget." on July 27Read on Twitter
"5/ Residents recounted their shock at the Russians hatred, telling us about how Russian tanks ran over Ukrainian corpses over and over, stopping only after they had been ground into the pavement." on July 27Read on Twitter
"4/ In another part of town that featured apartments & homes blown to bits, we saw very clearly how Russian forces shelled civilian areas indiscriminately: they hit schools, infrastructure, and a stadium with no regard for who might be inside." on July 27Read on Twitter
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