'Nazi' mass grave found

The bodies of at least 50 people believed to have been victims of Nazi troops have been unearthed from a mass grave in the Crimean peninsula, an investigator said today.

The remains, including those of children and Red Army soldiers, were found about 550 miles south-east of the Ukraine capital Kiev and show signs of having been executed, said Vasily Rybka.

The site could contain hundreds of bodies, he said.

Investigators also found a quantity of German WWII land mines and other unexploded ordnance in or around the mass grave.

Ukraine was occupied by the Nazis, who executed tens of thousands of civilians and Soviet prisoners of war.