After Russia withdrew from the town of Bucha, following weeks of Russian occupation, hundreds of bodies were found by Ukrainian authorities, now 11 more unidentified bodies discovered in a mass grave have been given a dignified burial. WARNING: The following story contains potentially distressing content.
With graves marked only with numbers, burial services were held this week for 11 more unidentified bodies found in the town where hundreds of people were slaughtered under Russian occupation early in the war.It is the second funeral for unidentified bodies in Bucha, with 15 more buried on August 9WARNING: The following story contains potentially distressing content.
Under a grim grey sky, two women and eight men were buried, following their remains being discovered in a mass grave near the town of Bucha's Church of Andrew the Apostle.after the Russian withdrawal from the town — which is located near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv — in late MarchAn 11th victim had been shot dead and was found in the village of Chervone, 17 kilometres further outside Kyiv.Workers moved the bodies into coffins, to be placed into the numbered graves.
Wrapped in plastic, the bodies arrived in a refrigerated truck, were placed in wooden caskets and then buried separately. "We are praying for the souls of those killed unjustly," said Father Andriy, an Orthodox priest who led the service near the mass grave site.It was a second such funeral of unidentified bodies in Bucha, after an August 9 service in which 15 people were given a dignified burial.
Municipal authorities said 458 bodies have so far been found in the Bucha area after the 33-day Russian occupation.Authorities said that 116 bodies were found in the mass grave near the Church of Andrew the Apostle.The bodies are buried one month after the autopsy, remaining unidentified if relatives cannot be found to formally name them.
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