Some bodies in mass burial site in Ukraine show torture signs, says prosecutor

Unidentified graves of civilians and Ukrainian soldiers in Izium (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Some of the bodies unearthed from a mass burial site in a forest in Ukraine recaptured from Russian forces show signs of torture, with their hands tied behinds their back and ropes around their necks, a Ukrainian prosecutor said.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the site was an example of “what the Russian occupation has led to”.