In Mariupol death toll could rise to more than 22,000 among civilians, says city mayor Vadim Boichenko in statements, which are included in a statement posted on Telegram by the city council, broadcasts the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform.
The announcement states that at the Starokrimski Cemetery within a month, 25 new areas appeared in the form of a ditch. The bodies are stacked in several layers and then “covered” with slabs to look like individual burials.
In all, since mid-April, the occupiers have buried at least 16,000 Mariupol residents in mass graves in the villages of Stari Krim, Mangus and Vinogradnoye, the statement said.
In addition, about 5,000 civilians were buried by municipal services by mid-March. Thousands of dead remain under the rubble, in makeshift cemeteries and temporary cemeteries.
According to Ukrinform, journalists recently located mass graves near the village of Mangus, in the cemetery in the village of Vinograndnoye and in the cemetery of the village of Starya Krim, based on satellite photos.
The satellite also located a fourth mass grave in the central cemetery of Meriopolis, the existence of which was announced by the local authorities. This tomb was located in early March.
Today, more than one hundred thousand inhabitants remain in occupied Mariupol. The Russian occupying forces have appointed the Russian collaborator Konstantin Ivashenko as mayor of the city and create the impression that “life in the city is starting again”.
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