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ADORNED with fresh flowers and lit candles, dozens of new graves have emerged in battle-scarred Irpin after the Russians withdrew from the outskirts of Kyiv.

Drone footage has captured row upon row of burial sites marked with colourful wreaths balanced against each other following the start of the invasion of Ukraine in late February. Among them lies the coffin of Roman Vered, 53, who, his family say, was killed by Russian soldiers in the town, which saw intense fighting in the first month of war.

Mr Vered’s body was recently identified in Kyiv’s mortuary and he was finally laid to rest yesterday in the expanding cemetery, where many more graves were being prepared.

Since Russian troops withdrew from Irpin and other towns around the Ukrainian capital, increasing evidence has emerged of war crimes including the killing of innocent civilians.

Poignant: Rows of graves, decorated with wreaths of flowers, at a cemetery in Irpin yesterday By Killed: Roman Vered’s coffin before being laid to rest