Ukrainian village leader and her family found shot and buried in shallow grave
The bodies of a Ukrainian mayor, her husband, and their son, have been found in a shallow grave in their village, after Russian forces are reported to have executed the family.
Olha Sukhenko, leader of the village of Motyzhyn, together with her husband Ihor Sukhenko and their son Oleksandr, were taken captive by Russian forces two to three days before troops left the village, according to locals.
Their bodies were discovered on Monday, covered in sand.
Vadym Tokar, head of the Makariv village council which neighbors Motyzhyn, said: "The bodies are still lying there, we can't get them out because there is a suspicion that they are mined."
Evidence of widespread atrocities committed by Russian troops has emerged in recent days as soldiers withdrew from Kyiv and the surrounding regions.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence released a series of harrowing images on Sunday from the town of Bucha, showing bodies left lying in the street, some with the hands tied behind their backs and shot in the head. Locals said some victims were shot in the eyes by Russian soldiers.
On Monday, US President Joe Biden called fro Vladimir Putin to be prosecuted for war crimes.
"You saw what happened in Bucha," Biden told reporters, saying the Russian president "is a war criminal" and there should be "a war crimes trial".
Mass graves have been uncovered, and media who have visited the area since the Russians retreat have said there is "clear evidence" of war crimes, including torture and rape.
The destruction has led to accusations that Vladimir Putin is carrying out a genocide.
Russia has denied that its troops have been targeting civilians, saying reports of mass slaughter were "staged" to sully Russia's name.
Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry, spoke to reporters as he revealed the bodies believed to be the Sukhenko, family.
"There have been Russian occupiers here. They tortured and murdered the whole family of the village head," he said.
"The occupiers suspected they were collaborating with our military, giving us locations of where to target our artillery.
"These scum tortured, slaughtered and killed the whole family. They will be responsible for this."
Motyzhyn sits around 30 miles west of Kyiv.
Ukrainian authorities have claimed 410 civilians were killed in Bucha and Irpin.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian forces of torturing and executing hundreds of people in a Facebook post after the bodies were discovered.
“I want every mother of every Russian soldier to see the bodies of the killed people in Bucha, in Irpin, in Hostomel,” Zelenskyy said. “What did they do? Why were they killed?”
“War crimes in Bucha and other cities during the Russian occupation will also be considered by the UN Security Council on Tuesday,” he added.
The UK and allies in the European Union, are said to be preparing to deliver another round of sanctions on Russia following mounting evidence of war crimes committed by its forces in Ukraine.
In a statement published on Monday, the European Council said: “The European Union condemns in the strongest possible terms the reported atrocities committed by the Russian armed forces in a number of occupied Ukrainian towns, that have now been liberated.
“The massacres in the town of Bucha and other Ukrainian towns will be inscribed in the list of atrocities committed on European soil."
Boris Johnson vowed on Monday that Putin will “never conquer” Ukraine.
The PM wrote on Twitter: “Putin will never break the spirit of Ukraine’s people or conquer their homeland.
“Ukraine will rise again and take her place among free and sovereign nations once more.”
On Sunday, Russia's defense ministry said in a statement all photographs and videos published by the Ukrainian authorities alleging crimes by Russian troops in Bucha were a "provocation" and no resident of Bucha suffered violence at the hands of Russian troops.
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