Podoliak shared a photo appearing to show bodies lying in the streets of Bucha with hands tied behind their backs.

“Bucha, Kyiv region. The bodies of people with tied hands, who were shot dead by Russian soldiers lie in the streets. These people were not in the military. They had no weapons. They posed no threat. How many more such cases are happening right now in the occupied territories?” Podoliak said.

“Russia is waging a war to destroy the Ukrainian nation. But we do not ask for sympathy. We do not ask for likes. And we are definitely not asking to fight with Russia for us. We ask only one thing: give us weapons so that we can protect civilians. Everything else we will do ourselves,” he added.

On Thursday, Ukrainian forces regained control of Bucha, a city in Ukraine's Kyiv Oblast, and photos show widespread devastation in the town.  (ILKHA)