CNN reported that Andrii Nebytov, the head of police for Kyiv region, claims that they are examining 1,084 bodies. The bodies were found in the Kyiv suburbs including Bucha. They are looking for signs of torture. And sadly, they are finding it.
“These are civilians who had nothing to do with territorial defense or other military formations,” Nebytov said. “The vast majority—between 50 percent and 75 percent—are people killed by small arms, either a machine gun or a sniper rifle, depending on the location.”
Ukrainian officials have also reported evidence of mass graves in Mariupol. Thousands of people have been buried in what was once the bustling port city of Mariupol.
Mayor Vadym Boichenko of Mariupol, puts the latest estimate at around 21,000 civilian residents murdered in the city since the start of the Russian invasion. And Pavlo Kyrlenko, head of Donetsk regional military administration says the number of deaths in Mariupol could be as high as 22,000.
War on civilians in Mariupol
The road to the Azovstal steel and iron plant is littered with the dead bodies of civilians.
