Desk Report
Publish: 04 Apr 2022, 12:57 pm
Ukraine accused Russian forces of carrying out a "massacre" in Bucha || Photo: Collected
Satellite
images show a 45-foot-long trench dug into the grounds of a Ukrainian church
where a mass grave was found this week after Russian forces withdrew from the
town of Bucha, a private U.S. company said on Sunday.
Reuters
journalists who visited Bucha on Saturday saw bodies lying on the streets of
the town, 37 km (23 miles) northwest of the capital Kyiv. A mass grave at one
church was still open, with hands and feet poking through the red clay heaped
on top.
Ukraine
accused Russian forces on Sunday of carrying out a "massacre" in the
town, one of many recaptured by Ukrainian troops as Russia regrouped for
battles in eastern Ukraine. Russia denied the allegations, calling them a
"provocation" by Ukraine.
Maxar
Technologies, which collects and publishes satellite imagery of Ukraine, said
the first signs of excavation for a mass grave at the Church of St. Andrew and
Pyervozvannoho All Saints were seen on March 10.
"More
recent coverage on March 31st shows the gravesite with an approximately
45-foot-long trench in the southwestern section of the area near the
church," Maxar (MAXR.N) said.
Reuters
could not immediately verify the images. It was not clear if the images
disseminated by Maxar were of the same church visited by Reuters journalists on
Saturday.
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