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Ukraine searches for its dead at Russian occupation burial site

Dressed in white protective suits and wearing rubber gloves, Ukrainian emergency workers on Saturday dug up more bodies from a wooded burial site in territory recently recaptured from Russian forces, while townspeople looked for dead relatives.

Reuters · Sep 17, 2022

Izium: after Russian retreat, horrors of Russian occupation are revealed

As the Ukrainian city’s five-month ordeal ends, the evidence of dead bodies and survivors’ testimonies suggests Izium could be another Bucha

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2022

Outside a liberated Ukrainian town, inspectors search for evidence of war crimes

On the outskirts of the recently liberated town of Izium, investigators have found what Ukrainian officials are calling a mass grave. It is now being inspected for possible evidence of war crimes.

WEKU · Sep 17, 2022

Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine is going so badly even loyal bloggers are turning on him

Within just a few days, Ukraine has liberated as much territory as Russia had gained over the past few months. Whether Ukraine can capitalise on the momentum relies on several key factors, not least the ongoing support of the West.

ABC News · Sep 16, 2022

Reports of mass graves in Ukraine are 'horrifying' -White House

Reports of a mass grave of more than 440 bodies in the eastern Ukrainian city of Izium that was recaptured from Russian forces are "horrifying," White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Friday.

Reuters · Sep 16, 2022

‘We don’t know where the rest of the bodies went’: the search for answers in Izium

Ukrainians in recaptured town where 445 graves have been uncovered tell of suffering during Russian occupation

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2022

Ukraine says hundreds of bodies found in mass burial site

Ukrainian officials said on Friday they had found hundreds of bodies, some with their hands tied behind their backs, buried in territory recaptured from Russian forces, in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called proof of war crimes by the invaders.

Reuters · Sep 16, 2022

Bodies with tied hands found at burial site in Ukraine's Izium - governor

Bodies with their hands tied were found at a mass burial site in Izium after Ukrainian forces recaptured the city in northeastern Ukraine, the regional governor said on Friday.

Reuters · Sep 16, 2022

Ukraine says most of the 440 bodies found in Izium graves are civilians, amid fears of more burial sites

Hundreds of bodies found at a mass burial site in territory recaptured days ago from Russians in north-eastern Ukraine are believed to be those of civilians, Ukrainian authorities say.

ABC News · Sep 16, 2022

Multiple bodies found at mass burial site in Ukraine's Izium with rope around necks

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Reuters · Sep 16, 2022