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‘Tortured, shot, killed’: Zelensky accuses Russia of genocide after Izyum mass grave discovered

‘Entire families are buried there: mother, father and daughter,’ Ukrainian president says

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022

Zelensky: Mass Grave Found in Recaptured Ukraine Town

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Ukrainian authorities found a mass grave in Izyum after the northeastern town was retaken from Russian forces. "We want the world to know what the Russian occupation has caused," he said, without giving details on the number of bodies found or their cause…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 16, 2022

Volodymyr Zelensky's wife 'to represent Ukraine at the Queen's funeral'

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's wife Olena reportedly will represent the country at the Queen's funeral on Monday and she will join the 500 leaders and dignitaries present

Daily Mirror · Sep 16, 2022

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Mexico officials abused 47% of migrants awaiting US asylum, rights group says

Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022

Ukraine says some bodies found in mass burial site had been bound

Some bodies found in a mass burial site in northeastern Ukraine in territory recaptured from Russian forces were found with their hands tied behind their backs, the governor of Ukraine's Kharkiv province said on Friday.

Reuters · Sep 15, 2022

‘Russia cannot bring anything but genocide’: Zelensky reveals mass grave with 440 bodies found in Izyum

Local resident Sergei Gorodko says adults and chilren among the hundreds buried

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Mass grave of more than 440 bodies found in Izium, Ukraine -police

Ukrainian authorities have found a mass grave of more than 440 bodies in the eastern city of Izium that was recaptured from Russian forces, a regional police official said on Thursday, adding some of the people had been killed by shelling and air strikes.

Reuters · Sep 15, 2022

'Horrific mass grave with 440 dead' found in city liberated by Ukrainian forces

In the recently liberated city of Izyum in eastern Ukraine, a top police officer said that there was a mass burial site with 440 dead bodies found in the most recent horrific alleged Russian war crime

Daily Mirror · Sep 15, 2022

We asked Ukrainians living on the front lines what was an acceptable peace – here's what they told us

Ukraine’s recent counteroffensive success against Russian troops in the Kharkiv region has raised hopes that a larger rollback of occupying troops is at hand. But this remains a daunting task: Russia continues to occupy roughly one-fifth of the territory of Ukraine, including Crimea, which it unilaterally incorporated into the Russian…

The Conversation · Sep 15, 2022

Air defence systems are priority for Ukraine - Zelenskiy

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday air defence systems were a priority for his country as it attempts to protect its cities and towns from Russian strikes.

Reuters · Sep 15, 2022