[RIA Novosti] A mass spontaneous burial was found within the boundaries of the liberated Mariupol in the old cemetery, the mayor of the city Konstantin Ivashchenko said.
“We see two large trenches. Now we can understand that there are a large number of corpses here. <…> This territory was controlled by nationalist units, such as Azov (against whose fighters a criminal case has been initiated in Russia ). Of course, we will examination, which should show how people died," he said.
According to an eyewitness living in Mariupol , from March to the present, about three dozen bodies have been unloaded into the trenches.
"In the old city cemetery, which is over 300 years old, in early March I saw a tractor arrive and dig holes. In the same month, cars arrived and unloaded something in black bags, unloaded and threw it into a pit. This is what I I saw ... I personally saw three times."
But the people who live here say that there were more than 30", he shared.
Later, the Investigative Committee of Russia announced that it would document the findings.