Ukraine's Zelenskyy Visits Recently Retaken, Devastated City
Newsy
Russian forces left the war-scarred city of Izium last week as Kyiv's soldiers pressed a stunning advance that's reclaimed large swaths of territory.
After Russian forces withdrew from Bucha, on the outskirts of the capital of Kyiv, in the early weeks of the war, the bodies of civilians were found dumped in the streets, yards and mass graves. Many bore signs of torture. Moscow's recent rout in the northeast was its largest military defeat since that withdrawal from the Kyiv area.
Prosecutors said they have found six bodies with traces of torture in recently retaken villages in the Kharkiv region.
"We have a terrible picture of what the occupiers did. ... Such cities as Balakliia, Izium are standing in the same row as Bucha, Borodyanka, Irpin," said Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, listing the names of places where the Ukrainians have alleged Russian forces committed atrocities.
