Over 1,100 bodies discovered in de-occupied territories of four regions so far

Since the beginning of de-occupation measures in Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Kherson, and Kharkiv regions, Ukraine’s police have found 1,116 bodies of civilians.

This was announced by a police official at a briefing in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"Since the beginning of de-occupation measures in Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Kharkiv regions, the bodies of 1,116 civilians have been discovered, including 31 children. The bodies of three people were found yesterday in Kherson region," the official said.

According to him, investigators have documented 5,398 war crimes in the de-occupied areas. In total, since the beginning of the full-scale war, the police have opened more than 53,700 criminal proceedings into criminal offenses committed by Russian servicemen and their accomplices.

The largest number of proceedings, 42,000, was initiated under Article 438 of the Criminal Code (violation of the laws and customs of war). More than 9,000 cases have been opened under Article 110 of the Criminal Code (encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine).

"More than 2,200 cases have been opened under the article of the Criminal Code regarding collaborative activities. Some 452 collaborators have already been charged, and 243 criminal cases have been forwarded to court," the official noted.

As reported, 36 graves were discovered at the cemetery in the settlement of geologists in de-occupied Kherson.