In the Donetsk region, near Mariupol, the satellite recorded the third mass grave – in the cemetery of the occupied village of Stary Krym, located five kilometers from the city. This was reported by journalists of the Schemes project (Radio Svoboda) on Monday, April 25.
The first excavated trenches in the Old Crimean cemetery appeared on March 24 – after the village was occupied by the Russian military. In the satellite image of Planet you can see that they are 60-70 meters long.
In the satellite image from April 7, just in two weeks, there are noticeable changes: the burial place has increased and part of the trenches is buried.
New trenches were recorded in the satellite image for April 24. The length of the mass grave increased to 200 meters.
Commenting on the schemes, Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko said that the authorities knew the Russian occupants were taking the bodies of the dead Mariupol residents to the Old Crimean Cemetery, where they were being buried in mass burial places.
«We know about these mass graves, because these fascists – and I have no other words – involve the local population for burial, for food. They told us that you need to work «hours» to give you food, water… Now in Mariupol … people are forced to do it, «Boychenko said.
It was reported earlier that from 3,000 to 9,000 Mariupol residents could be buried in a mass grave in the village of Mangush. The total number of people killed in the city, according to rough estimates, is 22 thousand people.
Later it became known about the second mass grave near Maruipol – near the cemetery of the occupied village of Vynohradne.
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