Eleven bodies were found in a parking lot at Hostelhis suburb Kievreported last night Wednesday (6/4) in its online edition the newspaper Ukrainian Pravda, citing a post by former Foreign Minister Arsen Avakov.
The victims, according to the report, are civilians killed by Russian soldiers.
This information cannot be independently verified.
Hostomel, northwest of the capital, is located near a strategically important airport where heavy fighting has been going on since its inception. invasion of the Russian army on the 24th of February. Most of its 16,000 inhabitants fled.
The Ukrainian armed forces regained control of Kiev suburbs such as Khostomel, Bucha and Irpin a few days ago.
The day before yesterday, the head of the local military administration said that about 400 residents of Hostomel were missing and that the authorities had started searches in cellars and basements.
Meanwhile, the ombudsman in charge of human rights in Ukraine, in turn on Wednesday afternoon (6/4) said that more than 400 residents of Hostomel are missing, as the city remained under Russian occupation for 35 days. According to Lyudmila Denisova, witnesses said some of the missing had been killed.
Denisova did not specify in her statements how many people were killed in Hostomel and did not present any evidence. He also did not say who the witnesses were, nor did he give any other details.
Russian forces occupied Khostomel, which is very close to an airport, shortly after their invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
“More than 400 people are missing (…) Witnesses say some were killed, but their whereabouts are still unknown,” Denisova said, without elaborating on how many people had left the city since the start of the war.
Russia has not commented on the allegations. Moscow denies targeting civilians in Ukraine.
Kyiv is already investigating other allegations of atrocities, such as in Boutsa where many bodies were found after the withdrawal of Russian soldiersas well as a mass grave behind a church.
Source: News Beast
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