Bastrykin said that “the bodies of three thousand civilians were found at the positions of the Ukrainian military” in Mariupol
The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, accused the Ukrainian military of killing three thousand civilians in Russian-occupied Mariupol. The corresponding statement was published on the official website of the department. “In April 2022, the bodies of 51 civilians were found at the positions abandoned by the Ukrainian troops, and after the complete liberation and examination of the city, their number amounted to more than three thousand,” Bastrykin said.