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Bodies in Bucha mass grave are being exhumed to recover and identify the dead

17 April 2022 00:21 (UTC +04:00)

Hundreds who died in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha are now being exhumed more than two weeks after Russian forces left the area, APA reports citing CNN.

There is a wide-scale operation to recover and identify the dead in the town's mass grave and those buried in other shallow graves, according to CNN's Phil Black.

The Russian retreat revealed at least 20 bodies lining a single street. The widow of a man who was killed while riding his bicycle said she urged her husband not to go outside, but he insisted on leaving their home. He was killed as soon as he reached the road, she said via translated remarks, and his bike still remains there.

There is a social media database that people can search to find images and information about their dead loved ones, Black reported, which is "harrowing" to go through.

More than 900 bodies of civilians from the Kyiv region have been discovered since the Russian army withdrew from the area, police said Friday.