The Ukrainian president did not give details of the number of people buried or the causes of their deaths. According to a regional police official, more than 400 graves have been discovered.
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It is a city in the Kharkiv region recently taken over by the Ukrainian army from Russian forces. A “pauper’s grave” was discovered in Izium, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the evening of Thursday, September 15. “We want the world to know what the Russian occupation has caused”he said without giving details of the number of people buried or the causes of their deaths.
An investigation has begun and should make it possible to obtain “more verified and clear information tomorrow”, continued the Ukrainian head of state in his daily video address. A regional police official, Serguiï Botvinov, told the British channel Sky News (in English) that a burial site with around 440 graves had been discovered in Izium.
Some of the deceased were shot dead, others died in shelling, he added.“Russia is leaving death behind everywhere. And it must respond. The world really needs to hold Russia accountable for this war. We are going to do everything for that.”also launched Volodymyr Zelensky.