\n Fifty-seven people were buried in a mass grave in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv recently retaken by Ukrainian forces from Russian troops, a local official said Sunday, showing AFP a slit trench where the bodies lay.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"Here in this long grave, 57 people are buried,\" said Serhii Kaplychnyi, who identified himself as head of the rescue services in Bucha, organising the recovery of the bodies.\n<\/p>\n
\n The mass grave is behind a church in the town centre.\n<\/p>\n
\n Roughly ten bodies were visible, either unburied or partially covered by the earth.\n<\/p>\n
\n Some of the bodies were concealed in black zip-up body bags while others were in civilian clothing.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ukraine has accused Russian forces of a \"deliberate massacre\" in Bucha.\n<\/p>\n
\n Evidence of possible civilian killings around Kyiv has emerged as the Russian army has pulled back from the capital in the face of ferocious resistance from Ukrainian forces.\n<\/p>\n
\n AFP reporters saw at least 20 bodies, all in civilian clothing, strewn across a single street in Bucha on Friday. One had his hands tied behind his back with a white cloth, and his Ukrainian passport left open beside his body.\n<\/p>\n
\n Germany on Sunday condemned the killings of civilians in Buch as a \"terrible war crime\" and called for fresh EU sanctions against Russia.\n<\/p>\n
\n The UK called for the \"appalling acts\" to be investigated as war crimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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