900 civilians die in ‘street executions’
THE bodies of more than 900 civilians have been found around Kyiv – many of them “executed in the streets” by Russian troops, it was claimed.
Andriy Nebytov, head of Kyiv’s regional police force, said 95% of victims had gunshot wounds.
He said more bodies were being discovered every day.
More than 350 victims were in Bucha, where mass graves were first discovered last month.
The latest toll came as a military hardware factory in Kyiv was reportedly hit by strikes.
Thick smoke filled the sky in the Darnytskyi district on the eastern side of Kyiv. There was no immediate word on casualty numbers.
One person was killed and several others were left fighting for their lives as strikes continued elsewhere in Kyiv.
Moscow had threatened to increase attacks on the capital after its Moskva warship was sunk in the Black Sea. On
Friday the Vizar military factory was seriously damaged by a reported five missile strikes. For a second day, explosions rocked Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city – killing at least one person and leaving 18 wounded.
Blasts were also heard in the western city of Lviv.
Nine humanitarian corridors were agreed, including from Mariupol, the besieged southern city where Ukrainian forces are clinging on.
President Volodymyr
Zelensky condemned the “cruelty” shown by
Russian forces in some regions, adding:
“Maybe somewhere in Russia cruelty is respected. But in
Ukraine cruelty is despised. And punished.”