263 bodies have already been exhumed in Izium
As of the evening of September 20, the bodies of 263 victims, including two children, were removed from the mass burial near Izium.
This is reported by the police of the Kharkiv Region, Censor.NET informs.
"As of September 20, a total of 263 bodies of the dead, including the bodies of two children, were removed from the mass burial site," the message reads.
It is noted that there are 450 burials of murdered and tortured citizens and one mass grave of soldiers on the territory of the forest. Investigators opened criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Art. 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
"A large number of citizens who were in the occupation became witnesses of war crimes. They are already providing the investigators with testimony about the locations where Russian troops were stationed, about the location of their headquarters, command posts, places where Ukrainians were detained and tortured," the regional police informed.
