Hundreds buried in mass grave in Bucha, near Kyiv: Mayor

People walk on a street with several dead bodies on the ground a street in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv [AFP]

Ukrainian forces have buried hundreds of people in a mass grave in a commuter town outside Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, after retaking control of the area from Russian troops, according to an official.

“In Bucha, we have already buried 280 people in mass graves,” Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk told the AFP news agency by phone on Saturday.