Ukraine: Satellite images suggest mass graves near Mariupol | DW News

Imagery released by the Maxar Technologies showed what appeared to be long rows of graves stretching away from an existing cemetery in the town of Manhush, outside Mariupol.

The images showed graves aligned in four sections of linear rows measuring approximately 85 meters (around 279 feet) per section and containing more than 200 graves.

Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko accused Russian forces of "hiding their military crimes" by taking the bodies of civilians from the city and burying them in Manhush. According to Boychenko, as many as 9,000 civilians could be buried at the site.

On Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the battle for Mariupol, despite the presence of an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters who were still holed up at a giant steel mill. Putin ordered his troops to seal off the stronghold.

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