About 300 people They had to be buried in mass graves in Butsa, a town northwest of Kiev that was the scene of heavy fighting, said its mayor, Anatoly Fedoruk, as Russians fled the area.
“In Bhutsa, we have already buried 280 people in mass graves,” because it was impossible to bury them in the three cemeteries, all of which were very close to the line of fire of Russian forces, Fedoruk told AFP.
“In some streets, one sees 15-20 corpses on the ground,” but “I can not tell you how many are still dead in the yards, behind the fences,” he continued.
“If the pyrotechnicians do not go first to examine the corpses, we should not collect them” because they may be trapped with explosives, he explained. “These are the consequences of the Russian occupation, the intrigues of the enemy,” the mayor added.
The Ukrainian forces have not succeeded yet to enter the whole city, which was in Russian hands for about a month. Today they distributed aid to the residents, for the first time since the city came back under the control of the Ukrainian government.
The Ukrainians, however, regained control of the entire Kiev region, after the withdrawal of Russian forces from key cities on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, said Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar.
The communities of Irpin, Buca, Hostomel and the whole area of ​​Kiev were liberated from the invader, Maliar said in a Facebook post.
All these cities have suffered enormous damage from the battles raging since the beginning of the Russian invasion, on February 24th.
Borodyanka near Kyiv after Russia came and went#StopRussia pic.twitter.com/hkeruJGdWp
– Stratcom Center UA (@StratcomCentre) April 2, 2022
Last Monday, the Ukrainians announced that they had recaptured Irpin, which had been under Russian control since late February. Today, journalists of the French Agency managed to go to Boutsa, where access to the press has been denied for about a month.
The Ukrainian government estimates that Russian forces are “withdrawing rapidly” from the regions of Kiev and Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, with the aim of regrouping in the east and south.
A total of 4,217 people were evacuated today from areas of Ukraine on the front line with Russia, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Verestuk said on public television.
Former Attorney General of the International Criminal Court has requested the issuance of an international arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin Carla Del Ponte.
In an interview with the Swiss newspaper Le Temps, Carla Del Ponte said that “Putin is a war criminal.”
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