Many exhumed bodies found near checkpoints used by invading Russian soldiers before their retreat in April
The man’s body was first discovered by local people who were ploughing a nearby field.
The body was found next to a police checkpoint used by Russian soldiers during their occupation, leading officials to believe that he was killed by the soldiers manning the post.“All signs indicate that this man was murdered by Russian soldiers. We have found more bodies around checkpoints in this area,” said Vyacheslav Tsyliuryk, the head of the local police unit. “We believe this person was heading towards his home when he was shot.
“We saw that the majority of murders happened just before the Russians retreated. Then they lost all sense of humanity,” said Tsyliuryk. The woman, Tatyana Ivanina, showed Tsyliuryk a photograph of a young man, but it quickly became clear that the corpse didn’t match the height and weight of her missing nephew.
“We have 70 missing in my area alone. The hardest part is when family members come to these exhumations,” he said.This summer, the fields and forests around Kyiv – dotted with wooden datchas and normally beloved by those looking for a break from the sweltering heat of the city – have turned into crime scenes.
Once Tuesday’s exhumation was complete, the corpse was put in a truck and the body was brought to a local morgue, where DNA samples would be taken and an examination would establish a definitive cause of death.
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