Police investigating killings of 12,000 Ukrainians in war

Since the withdrawal of Russian troops from the region at the end of March, the authorities say they have uncovered the bodies of 1,316 people

A member of an extraction crew works during an exhumation at a mass grave near Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday June 13 2022 (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

The bodies of several people whose hands were tied behind their backs have been found in the Kyiv region of Ukraine.

It comes as Ukrainian police investigate the killings of more than 12,000 compatriots nationwide since Russia’s invasion began.