He attended a flag-raising ceremony in Izyum. The city was used as a vital supply hub by the Russian occupation forces.
Freed Izyum site of atrocities
Ukrainian authorities discovered 440 graves this week at a mass burial site in Izyum.
Serhii Bolvinov, the chief police investigator for the Kharkiv region, says he fears that there may be similar mass burial sites throughout the Kharkiv area.
According to Sky News exhumations are in progress. Many of the graves are fresh and not the result of Russian shelling that took place before the Russian military gained control.
“We know that some were killed (shot dead), some died because of artillery fire, so-called mine explosion traumas. Some died because of airstrikes. Also, we have information that a lot of bodies have not been identified yet. So, the reasons for death will be established during the investigations,” Bolvinov added.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry released photos of numerous crosses on mounds in a wooded area near Izyum. There was also a larger pit dug where bodies appeared to be buried together.
