'Russia leaves death everywhere': Mass grave found near recaptured Ukrainian city

Amid the trees were hundreds of graves with simple wooden crosses, most of them marked only with numbers. A larger grave bore a marker saying it contained the bodies of 17 Ukrainian soldiers

Unidentified graves in Izium, Ukraine (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Ukrainian authorities found a mass burial site near a recaptured north-eastern city previously occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday night.

“A mass grave of people was found in Izium in the Kharkiv region. The necessary procedures have already begun there. More information – clear, verifiable information – should be available tomorrow,” Mr Zelenskyy said in his nightly televised address.