Ukrainian authorities said that between 3,000 to 9,000 citizens of Mariupol may have been buried in a mass grave in Manhush, a village occupied by Russian troops and located less than 20 km away from the strategic port city.
Citing satellite images by Maxar Technologies, which collects and publishes satellite imagery of Ukraine, the Mariupol City Council said in a social media post on Thursday night that the “size of the mass grave in Manhush is 20 times that of the one in Bucha”, Ukrayinska Pravda reported.
The Russians dug new trenches on the outskirts of Mariupol and filled them with bodies every day throughout April.”Mariupol City Council sources have said that in such graves, the bodies are placed one on top of the other.Also on Thursday, Maxar Technologies said its images showed an expansion of graves that began at the end of March, adding there were four sections of linear rows about 85 metres long, reports the BBC.
