Europe 1 with AFP 11:50 a.m., September 19, 2022
The Kremlin on Monday slammed reports of the discovery of hundreds of bodies and a mass grave in Izium, eastern Ukraine, after Russian forces withdrew from the area, as "lies".
"It's a lie. We will of course defend the truth in this case," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The Kremlin on Monday slammed reports of the discovery of hundreds of bodies and a mass grave in Izium, eastern Ukraine, after Russian forces withdrew from the area, as "lies".
"It's a lie. We will of course defend the truth in this case," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, more than 440 graves and a mass grave were found last week near Izium, in the middle of a pine forest on the edge of this city taken over by forces from kyiv to those of Moscow.
“Same scenario as in Boutcha”
Since the beginning of its military intervention in Ukraine, Russia has repeatedly denied having committed abuses.
"It's the same scenario as in Boutcha," Peskov said on Monday, referring to another Ukrainian town near kyiv where Russian forces have been accused of committing atrocities. that Moscow denies.
The Kremlin spokesman also assured Monday that the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014 by Moscow, was "an integral part of the territory of Russia", after Ukrainian officials repeated that they wanted to end the Russian "occupation". .
"Any sightings on Russian territory will receive an appropriate response," Peskov added.