According to Oleg Synegoubov, governor of the Kharkiv region, where the bodies were discovered, “police and experts went to the spot” and “an investigation is underway”.
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At least 20 civilians were found shot dead in their cars in northeastern Ukraine, near Kupiansk, regional governor Oleg Synegoubov announced on Saturday (October 1st). According to him, “the occupants [russes] attacked these civilians who were trying to escape the bombardments”. “It’s cruelty that has no justification”he denounced. “Police and experts went to the scene” and “An investigation is underway”.
On Friday, an AFP team had seen at least 11 bodies of civilians at this location, a road abandoned by the Russians in their withdrawal from the region last week. On the spot, the corpses were still there, inside or next to six vehicles. A minibus was completely burned, with four bodies inside, one of which appeared to be that of a child, lying on the seats.
The discovery was made at a location where fighting between Ukrainians and Russians has recently taken place, with Kyiv forces waging a major counter-offensive in the area. Faced with significant military difficulties, the Russian soldiers retreated further east, across the Oskil River, but the Ukrainians have since managed to cross it, marking a major success for kyiv.
A pro-Russian separatist official had, for his part, accused Thursday from Moscow the Ukrainian army of having fired on a convoy of civilians in the Kharkiv region, killing thirty people, without however providing more details.