Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday denounced the crimes of an army of “torturers” following the discovery of hundreds of bodies summarily buried in an area recaptured from the Russians.
“99%” bodies exhumed on Friday in a forest on the outskirts of Izium, a town in eastern Ukraine retaken from the Russians last week, “showed signs of violent death”regional governor Oleg Synegoubov said in the evening. “There are several bodies with their hands tied behind their backs and one person is buried with a rope around their neck. Obviously these people were tortured and executed”, he said on Telegram. Children are among these victims, according to the governor.
The discovery of the bodies sparks an outcry and continues to spark political reactions, such as that of French President Emmanuel Macron. He condemns “in the strongest terms the atrocities committed in Izium, Ukraine”.
The Mexican President, for his part, announced that he would propose the establishment of a “peacekeeping mission” in Ukraine at the UN General Assembly next week in New York.
