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After Ukrainian officials began to discover the atrocities committed in Bucha, Ukrainian prosecutor-general Iryna Venediktova said the situation in Borodyanka, about 50 miles northwest of Kyiv, could be worse.

\"In fact, the worst situation, when we talk about civilian casualties in Kyiv region, is in Borodyanka,\" Venediktova said Monday on Ukrainian TV.

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PHOTO: People walk by an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Ukraine, April 5, 2022.
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The death toll in Borodyanka and other liberated cities may be even higher than in Bucha, where at least 300 people were killed or tortured, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an address on Monday. Russian troops occupied Borodyanka even longer than Bucha.

\"We are already doing everything possible to identify all the Russian military involved in these crimes as soon as possible -- everything to punish them,\" Zelenskyy said. \"This will be a joint work of our state with the European Union and international institutions, in particular with the International Criminal Court.\"

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PHOTO: A monument to Taras Shevchenko, a Ukrainian poet and a national symbol, showing damage from bullets, stands against the background of an apartment house ruined in the Russian shelling in the central square in Borodyanka, Ukraine, April 6, 2022.
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Haunting drone video filmed in early March showed the extent of devastation and destruction in residential areas of Borodyanka after strikes from Russian forces began.

Humanitarian corridors from Borodyanka had been established as Ukrainian nationalists moved into residential areas of the town, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on March 3. It is unclear how many were able to flee the small town of about 13,000.

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PHOTO: Destroyed Russian military vehicles are seen on a street in the settlement of Borodyanka, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the Kyiv region, Ukraine March 3, 2022.
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Zelenskyy began recounting the annihilation of Borodyanka as early as March 5, detailing destroyed schools and the Kharkiv Assumption Cathedral, which had been badly damaged in the air raids.

\"Look what Russia has done,\" Zelenskyy said in a March 5 address. \"It did it right in front of your eyes. Protect yourself!\"

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PHOTO: An aerial view shows a residential building destroyed by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the settlement of Borodyanka in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, March 3, 2022.
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ABC News' Fergal Gallagher and Christine Theodorou contributed to this report.

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