The site, containing hundreds of graves, was discovered near Izium after a rapid counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces retook the northeastern city.
Authorities found a mass burial site in the northeastern city of Izium in Ukraine, according to President Zelenskyy.IZIUM, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities were expected to begin recovering bodies Friday from a mass burial site in a forest recaptured from Russian forces, a delicate task that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said would help show the world"what the Russian occupation has led to.
It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes.As Russia admits defeat in Kharkiv, Ukraine regains land, confidence Zelenskyy invoked the names of other Ukrainian cities where authorities said retreating Russian troops left behind mass graves of civilians.
The mass grave of Ukrainian soldiers could contain more than the 17 bodies mentioned on its marker, said Oleg Kotenko, an official with the Ukrainian ministry tasked with reintegrating occupied territories. His claims could not be immediately verified, but similar scenes have played out in other cities captured by Russian forces, including Mariupol.
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