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Ukrainian authorities have already identified 900 civilians killed during the Russian occupation in the kyiv region, of them 350 in the town of Bucha, reported Friday the head of the Ukrainian police in this region, Andriy Nebytov.
“Today we have reached the number of 900 civilian deaths . I stress that these are civilians whose bodies we have found and handed over for forensic examination, for detailed examination. All these people died at the hands of the Russian army,” the police official said at a press conference in the Ukrainian capital, according to the Ukrinform agency.
“The largest number of victims was found in Bucha – more than 350 bodies,” he said, and “a significantly smaller number ( of victims was discovered) in the Vyshgorod and Brovary districts”,
The police said that many people were “simply executed”, quoted the agency ap.
They fear finding more bodies under the rubble
The police chief added that the work continues removal of the rubble in Makariv and Borodianka for which he pointed out that the death toll may be higher.
“We are sure that there are still bodies of the deceased under the rubble”, said Nebytov.
Regarding Bucha, he clarified that two graves were found common in the city. According to him, a man who worked in public services before the invasion stayed in the city and asked the Russian soldiers to allow him to remove the bodies of people from the streets.
“He buried them in two graves. In the first there were 40 people and in the second 57. And we have already recovered 40 bodies. I want to remind you that our policeman was there. He was a criminal investigation officer and they also shot him with small arms”, he said.
According to Nebytov, most of these bodies were studied by law enforcement and according to police 95% of these people were shot with sniper rifles or weapons little.
jc (ef, ap)