Russia leaves death everywhere, says Zelenskyy, as Ukraine combs mass burial site

A Ukrainian serviceman uses a metal detector to inspect a mass grave in Izium (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Ukrainian authorities have begun unearthing bodies from a mass burial site in a forest recaptured from Russian forces, a find that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said would help show the world “what the Russian occupation has led to”.

The site, which police said contained 445 graves, was discovered close to Izium after a rapid counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces retook the north-eastern city and much of the Kharkiv region, breaking what had largely become a stalemate in the nearly seven-month war.