Prosecutor General of Ukraine: Over 700 bodies discovered within de-occupied areas

Over 700 bodies have been discovered within the de-occupied areas of the Kharkiv region, Donetsk region and Kherson region, and 90% of victims are civilians.

The relevant statement was made by Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andrii Kostin during a nationwide telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Over the past two months, within the de-occupied areas of the Kharkiv region, Kherson region and Donetsk region, more than 700 bodies have been discovered. About 90% of them are those of civilians,” Kostin told.

In his words, over 20 sites were found in the aforementioned regions, where Ukrainian citizens were illegally held captive and tortured.

According to the data from the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office, most crimes against civilians and torture chambers were registered in the Kharkiv region.

Meanwhile, in the Kherson region, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has just started to reveal the crimes committed by Russian invaders.

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