Mass graves and bullet-scarred churches mark the torment of the Kyiv suburb of Bucha under Russian occupation, where traumatised residents now face a new anguish: a U.S.-led peace proposal that would offer a blanket post-war amnesty for the perpetrators of atrocities .

For the survivors of Bucha , where hundreds of Ukrainians were killed in 2022, the proposed amnesty is perceived less as reconciliation than as a source of disillusionment and reflects broader concerns in Ukraine about the implications of absolving Russian soldiers and officials of alleged crimes.

The town's Church of Andrew the Apostle stands beside a mass grave where civilians — some shot dead in the street, others showing signs of torture — are buried.

Father Andriy Halavin, who leads the parish in the still-dama

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