China’s envoy to the United Nations expressed dismay at the killing of unarmed civilians in Bucha, while calling on all sides to refrain judgment until a probe establishes who is responsible.
"Attacks against civilians are unacceptable and should not occur,” Ambassador Zhang Jun said Tuesday at a U.N. Security Council briefing on Ukraine. "The reports and images of civilian deaths in Bucha are deeply disturbing.”
Zhang stopped short of condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin for the violence, saying that "circumstances and specific causes of the incident should be verified and established” and "all sides should exercise restraint and avoid unfounded accusations.”