Ukraine exhumes seven bodies of people it says were killed by Russian forces

Forensic technicians carry a body of a person who, Ukrainian police say, was killed and buried at a position of Russian troops during Russia’s invasion, near the village of Vorzel in Bucha district, Kyiv region, Ukraine June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

VORZEL, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian investigators exhumed seven bodies from makeshift graves in a forest near Kyiv on Monday and police said they were civilians who had been killed by Russian forces during their occupation of the area.

The bodies were found outside the village of Vorzel, less than 10 kilometres from the town of Bucha, where Kyiv alleges that Russian forces who occupied the area carried out systematic executions in an abortive attempt to capture the capital. Russia denies that.