Investigators have collected corpses – many with gunshot wounds or severe burns, many with their hands still tied – across Bucha, where the dead were found in mass graves and scattered in the city streets. Photos from Bouha on Wednesday showed dozens of bags of corpses at a local cemetery as police began identifying the dead before sending them to local morgues. Dead civilians, dressed in jeans and winter coats, wearing sneakers, could be seen through the open zippers of a handful of bags as police did their job. More than 60 bodies have been collected in Bucha in the last day. In Motyzhyn, 30 miles west of Kiev, residents are still facing the death of Mayor Olha Sukhenko, who was found in a shallow grave two days ago next to the bodies of her husband, Ihor, and their 25-year-old son, Oleksander. Residents transport a civilian woman’s body from a grave, according to residents Yaraslova was killed by Russian soldiers on April 4, 2022. REUTERS / Gleb Garanich A Ukrainian policeman walks by a pit in the Ukrainian village of Motyzhyn where the mayor’s bodies village, Olga Sukenko, her husband and son were found. AP Photo / Vadim Ghirda The horrific photos showed the family’s corpses, crushed to death, buried with another unknown Ukrainian. “These are my relatives in this pit,” Ihor Radchenko, Sukhenko’s son-in-law, told the Wall Street Journal on Monday as authorities worked to exhume the bodies. “Why were they killed? “Because they were Ukrainians.” Motizin residents told the newspaper that Sukenko played a key role in the city’s resilience during its monthly occupation. Motyzhyn Mayor Olga Sukhenk was reportedly killed by Russian forces. Facebook / Olga Sukenk He helped bring food and medicine to those in need and was part of a resistance effort to report on Russian troops moving back to Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said. “He was the best man until the last minute,” Mykola Kurach, the local head of the volunteer defense force, told the newspaper. In Makariv, a few miles northwest of Motyzhyn, officials said they had found 20 bodies in and around the city. Bags of corpses were lined up for identification in a cemetery in Bucha, Ukraine, on April 6, 2022. Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIT / AFP via Getty Images Mass graves have appeared in Bucha amid the Russian invasion.AP Photo / Felipe DanaMany of the dead were civilians killed by Russian troops. Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images Rescuers in Borodyanka, where Ukrainian civilians allegedly blocked a Russian advance last month, said they were looking for bodies in the rubble of damaged apartment buildings. In the light of the horrific trail left behind by Russian troops retreating to the north, Ukrainian officials urged civilians to move east, where Kremlin forces are expected to advance. Officials in Slovyansk, a town in the eastern Donetsk region, said on Wednesday that branches of local banks were closing, as were postal and retirement activities. Police transport the body of a civilian found dead in Bucha on April 5, 2022.AP Photo / Efrem LukatskyA police officer near six unidentified bodies in a residential area in Bucha on April 5, 2022.AP Photo / Felipe DanaWorkers bring coffins for the dead after their recognition. Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty ImagesIdentity cards over a body after identification. Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images Authorities in the eastern Luhansk region also urged civilians to flee west as Russian bombardment hit high-rise buildings in the city of Severodonetsk. With Post cables
