Mass graves discovered near Mariupol: satellite images show hundreds of suspicious spots
Created: 04/22/2022, 10:50 am
By: Linus Prien
The eastern Ukrainian port of Mariupol has been in the focus of Russian troops since the beginning of the war.
Satellite images now point to mass graves near the city.
Manhush - A mass grave with thousands of bodies is said to have been found in the eastern Ukrainian town of Manhush near the besieged port city of Mariupol.
Satellite images are said to confirm the existence of the graves.
Mariupol has been besieged by Russian troops since the start of the escalating Ukraine conflict and was almost completely destroyed.
It is believed to be corpses from the destroyed port city.
After the mass graves were discovered, its mayor, Wadym Bojchenko, spoke of a “new Babyn Yar”.
Ukraine News: Mass graves with thousands of bodies near Mariupol
Satellite images from Maxar Technologies showed the fields where the bodies are said to be buried.
According to the company, there are over 200 graves.
The
New York Times
even reported 300 grave sites dug.
When comparing several satellite images, one can see that graves began to be dug at the end of March and that more were gradually added, as reported by
tagesschau
.
These are long rows of graves bordering a cemetery in Manhush.
Mayor Bojchenko spoke of up to 9,000 Ukrainians who were killed in Mariupol and taken to the mass graves.
Satellite images of mass graves in Manhush © ©2022 Maxar Technologies/dpa
Ukraine News: A "new Babyn Yar" near Mariupol
Vadym Bojchenko accused Russia of committing genocide against the Ukrainian people and spoke of a new "Babyn Yar" in connection with the mass graves.
During World War II, Nazis murdered over 33,000 Jewish men, women and children in 48 hours near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
“At that time Hitler killed Jews, Roma and Slavs.
And now Putin is crushing Ukrainians.
He has already killed tens of thousands of civilians in Mariupol,” Boychenko was quoted as saying, as reported by
Tagesschau
.
The Mayor continued: “This requires a determined response from the entire world.
We have to stop this genocide by any means possible.” You can read more about what happened in the Ukraine war in our news ticker.
(lp/dpa)
