Two burial sites have been found in the town of Lyman, which was recently liberated by Ukrainian forces after being occupied by the Russian army and its militia allies for several months, according to authorities in the Donetsk region.
One of the areas had about 200 single graves where civilians were buried, said Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk region’s military administration.
In the other area, there is a mass grave, which “could contain both military and civilians,” Kyrylenko said. “The exact number is not yet known.”
Law enforcement officers are investigating the sites and will soon begin the exhumation process, he added.
In Sviatohirsk, which was under Russian occupation for about three months, Kyrylenko claims 21 bodies were reburied. These were civilians who died during the occupation, he said.
All bodies that were reburied were identified and properly buried, he added.