Mariupol City Council: Russian troops trying to cover up traces of their war crimes

Russian troops began the process of exhuming bodies in Mariupol that had previously been buried in the courtyards of residential buildings, according to the Mariupol City Council, Report informs referring to UNIAN.

“The occupiers forbid the burial of people killed by them. Each yard has its own overseer, who does not allow Mariupol residents to give the land to their dead relatives or friends. Why the exhumation is being carried out and where the bodies will then be sent is unknown,” reads the message.

According to the city council, Ukrainian intelligence has recorded 13 mobile crematoria in Mariupol.

“It is possible to assume that the Russian troops are trying by all means to cover up the traces of their war crimes in our city. But they will not succeed, the whole world is already recording the numerous crimes of the Russian army in Mariupol,” the report says.