A mass burial ground with about 440 individual graves has been found in Izium in the days since the city, in Ukraine’s northeast, was
reclaimed from Russian forces in a lightning offensive last week, a senior Ukrainian police official
told Sky News on Thursday.
Serhii Bolvinov, the head of the investigative department of the regional police force in Kharkiv, said the bodies would be exhumed and forensically examined as part of an investigation into whether Russian forces committed war crimes during their occupation.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine confirmed the discovery of the grave site
in his nightly address on Thursday, saying “there should be more information, clear, verified information” after journalists visit the city on Friday.
“We want the world to know what is really happening and what the Russian occupation has led to,” he said, adding: “Russia leaves death everywhere. And it must be held accountable for that.”