Status: 08.10.2022 08:31 a.m
According to a Ukrainian governor, a mass grave and around 200 other graves have been discovered in the city of Lyman in the Donetsk region. How many bodies are in the mass grave is still unclear.
According to the local military governor, around 200 graves and one mass grave have been found in the city of Lyman in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, which was recently recaptured from Kyiv. This was explained by Pavlo Kyrylenko on his Telegram channel. He also published photos showing many small wooden crosses and emergency services in white protective suits. Kyrylenko wrote that the exhumations had already begun.
conflicting parties as a source
Information on the course of the war, shelling and casualties provided by official bodies of the Russian and Ukrainian conflict parties cannot be directly checked by an independent body in the current situation.
The strategically important small town, temporarily occupied by Russian troops, was recaptured by the Ukrainians in early October. According to initial findings, the dead could be both Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, it said. How many bodies were in the mass grave has yet to be determined. According to the police, several small children and sometimes entire families were among the people killed.
Mass graves in Russian-occupied territories
Ukrainian media had already reported on the discovery of dozens of graves in Lyman last Wednesday. Some of the victims are said to have died from heavy shelling during the Russian conquest of the town in May.
Mass graves had already been found in various parts of Ukraine in the past after the withdrawal of Russian troops. The bodies found in the Kiev suburb of Bucha in early April caused particular international outrage. Hundreds of dead civilians had been found there – some with signs of torture and their hands tied. Since then, Bucha has been considered a symbol for the most serious war crimes.
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