Officials examine a crater and the wreckage of vehicles after Russian missiles struck the courtyard of a multi-storey residential complex on the eastern outskirts of Kharkiv on June 26, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: SERGEY BOBOK / AFP.
MASS GRAVE found in Ukraine town retaken from Russia
Regional police official, Botvinov, told Sky News that a burial site with around 440 graves had been discovered in liberated land, Izyum.
Officials examine a crater and the wreckage of vehicles after Russian missiles struck the courtyard of a multi-storey residential complex on the eastern outskirts of Kharkiv on June 26, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: SERGEY BOBOK / AFP.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that a mass grave had been found in Izyum after the town was retaken from Russian forces.
“We want the world to know what the Russian occupation has caused,” he said, without giving details on the number of bodies found or their cause of death.
“We need to have more clear and verified information tomorrow.”
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Mass grave found in Izyum
A regional police official, Sergei Botvinov, told Sky News that a burial site with around 440 graves had been discovered in Izyum.
Some of the dead were shot, others died in shelling,
he added.
Zelensky compared Izyum to the cities of Bucha and Mariupol which have become symbols of atrocities during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Russia leaves death behind everywhere. And she must respond. The world must really hold Russia responsible for this war. We are going to do everything we can to do that,”
he said.
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