Information on Russian war crimes in Bucha appears on screens at Hermitage, St Petersburg

The management of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg have reported to law enforcement agencies that on 29 January, unknown individuals programmed electronic screens in the museum to display information about what happened in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. Bucha was one of the settlements in Kyiv Oblast where Russian troops committed huge numbers of war crimes.

Source: Russian media outlet Fontanka

Details: Once members of the museum’s security service had detected the security breach, the screens were immediately shut down. According to preliminary reports, the server was hacked remotely.

The Investigative Committee of St Petersburg is currently deciding how to categorise the incident.

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