Ukraine war: Borodyanka destruction 'more horrific' than Bucha after Russian retreat, Zelenskyy says
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday night that work has begun to dig through the rubble in Borodyanka, another city northwest of Kyiv that was occupied by the Russians.
He described the situation as "more horrific" there than in Bucha, where images of civilian bodies lying strewn in the streets caused a global outcry. "There are more victims" in Borodyanka, Zelenskyy said.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova announced on Facebook on Thursday that 26 bodies have been pulled out by Ukrainian rescue workers from the rubble of two apartment buildings in the town.
In his daily nighttime video address to the nation on Thursday, Zelenskyy said the Russians were preparing to shock the world in the same way by showing corpses in Mariupol and falsely claiming they were killed by the Ukrainian defenders.
Meanwhile, Bucha Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk said Thursday on Ukrainian television that investigators have found at least three sites of mass shootings of civilians during the Russian occupation.
Fedoruk said hundreds have been killed and investigators are finding bodies in yards, parks and city squares.
(with AP, AFP)
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