Agony as widow finds husband’s makeshift grave after returning to Ukrainian town for first time since he was killed in early days of Russian invasion
- Lyudmila Trekushenko can be seen breaking down at her husband’s improvised grave
- He was killed in the first days of the Russian invasion in an attack on the city
- She can go to his grave because the Russian troops have been pushed out
Overcome with grief, Lyudmila Trekushenko breaks down at her husband’s improvised grave, one of hundreds in the liberated Ukrainian city of Izyum.
The 52-year-old cycled to the site outside the city, clutching some red roses to place near the wooden cross where Yuri, a lawyer and businessman, now lies.
He died in the first days of the Russian invasion in an attack on the northeastern city.
Like many others, Lyudmila is only now able to go to his grave because the Moscow troops were pushed out of the area by the Ukrainian counter-offensive.
Overcome with grief, Lyudmila Trekushenka collapses on her husband’s improvised grave, one of hundreds in the liberated Ukrainian city of Izyum
Investigative teams spent a day in the forests outside the city, where up to 450 graves were found. Some of those exhumed were found with their hands tied and ropes around their necks, indicating possible torture, Ukrainian prosecutors say. The bodies of two children were among the 146 taken out on Monday.
Exhausted war crimes investigators began sleeping on the ground in the woods between shifts. In April, Izyum fell under Moscow troops. In the five months since, about 1,000 people, including Ukrainian soldiers, have died, authorities said, due to “shelling, hunger and a lack of medicine.”
The Ministry of Defense of Kiev said: “Investigators will need many long and exhausting hours to reveal the scale of the genocide committed by Russian killers.”
Officials fear the death toll in Izyum will surpass that of towns north of Kiev that have become synonymous with war crimes earlier in the war, such as Irpin and Bucha, where the bodies of civilians were left in the streets.
Investigative teams spent a day in the forests outside the city, where up to 450 graves were discovered
In April, Izyum fell under Moscow troops. In the five months since then, about 1,000 people, including Ukrainian soldiers, have died, authorities said, due to “shelling, hunger and a lack of medicine.”
The Ministry of Defense of Kiev said: “Investigators will need many long and exhausting hours to reveal the scale of the genocide committed by Russian killers.” President Putin in yesterday’s photo above
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