A grave with dozens of Ukrainian civilians has been found in Buzova village near Kyiv, an official has said, the latest reported mass grave to be discovered as Russian forces retreat from their offensive on the capital and focus their assault on the east.
Taras Didych, head of the Dmytrivka community that includes Buzova, told Ukrainian television that the bodies were found in a ditch near a petrol station. The number of dead had yet to be confirmed.
Mounting civilian casualties have triggered a new wave of international condemnation, in particular over hundreds of deaths in the town of Bucha, to the northwest of Kyiv that until last week was occupied by Russian forces.
Ukraine and the West have accused Russian forces of war crimes in Bucha.
Some cities there are under heavy shelling with tens of thousands of people unable to evacuate.