The woman, who has not been identified, appears to be collapsing from grief next to her husband’s body. He is lying on a tarpaulin in front of a tomb a few meters deep, still wearing a striped orange sweatshirt and blue jeans. After falling to the ground, a Ukrainian policeman and another man appear to be helping her to her feet. Andriivka was occupied by Russian troops in the first days of the invasion. Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP via Getty Images The unknown woman rushes to her husband’s body after his exhumation. Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP via Getty Images The city of Andriivka, on the outskirts of Kiev, is one of many around the capital where civilians were killed in a series of apparent atrocities at the hands of Russian occupiers before leaving late last month. Residents said Russian forces arrived in the early days of the invasion and confiscated everyone’s phones. Some of the locals were arrested and eventually released, while others disappeared. Still others hid from the Russians in their basements. “At first we were scared, now we are hysterical,” said Valentyna Klymenko, 64. “We did not cry at first. We are crying now. “ Other Ukrainians comfort the wife. Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP via Getty ImagesAccording to Andriivka residents, Russian troops arrested several locals. Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP via Getty Images Klymenko said that she, her husband and her two neighbors hid from the Russian forces and slept at night in sacks of potatoes. Hundreds of civilians were found dead in all suburbs of Kiev after the withdrawal of Russian forces, prompting calls around the world for the prosecution of war crimes. With Post cables
