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Putin’s butchers ‘leave burned & booby-trapped bodies of executed civilians on highway of death in latest war crimes’
MERCILESS Russian soldiers have reportedly left burned and booby-trapped bodies of executed civilians on a highway in the latest horrific war crimes.
A total of thirteen bodies were seen on the main E-40 highway outside Kyiv as the city's mayor says "huge battles" continue to take place in the capital.
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Most of the dead bodies on the nightmarish road, located between the villages of Mria and Myla, have not been identified, a investigation found.
Harrowing pictures show dozens of bodies in black plastic bags lined up on the ground.
However, among the victims is the civilian who was filmed being shot as he surrendered to Putin's troops and his wife.
Earlier this month, shocking drone footage showed the moment the man got out of his car with his hands in the air but was gunned down within moments.
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The footage filmed by a Ukrainian volunteer with the "Bugatti Company" showed that the man's wife was also inside the car.
And now it has been revealed that Maksim Iowenko, his wife Ksjena and their six-year-old son were in a ten-car convoy trying to escape Putin's forces.
After Maksim's shooting, Ksjena was also killed in the car.
The elderly mum of one of Maksim's friends and the child were eventually released and are now safe.
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According to the investigation, the woman told her family Maksim was shouting to the soldiers that there was a child in the car before he was executed.
The journalists found the car burnt but it was not on fire after the attack, prompting the theory that Russian soldiers set it on fire to destroy the evidence.
The BBC reported that there were more bodies piled on the road, as well as evidence of attempts to destroy the bodies.
Some were left on the road to rot, others were found with charred clothes and some were under tyres.
Two of the casualties were found wearing distinctive Ukrainian military uniforms.
The Bugatti Unit has now submitted the drone video to the Ukrainian authorities and to the Metropolitan Police in London.
It comes as Russian soldiers have annihilated a Ukrainian aid convoy, killing five including a student whose body was left charred on the roadside just outside the besieged city of Chernihiv.
Even though Russian forces are being pushed back around Kyiv, fighting still continues in some areas, Ukrainian officials said.
Russian forces had previously announced it was "drastically" withdrawing troops from Kyiv and Chernihiv.
But Ukrainian authorities say the attacks have intensified with Kyiv's mayor Vitaliy Klitschko saying "huge battles" are being fought to the north and east of the capital.
"The risk of dying (in Kyiv) is pretty high, and that's why my advice to anyone who wants to come back is: Please, take a little bit more time," he said, issuing a warning to residents who have fled the capital.
Kyiv's regional governor Oleksandr Pavlyuk said earlier that Russian forces were pulling back in some areas around the capital but strengthening its positions in others.
Chernihiv Governor Viacheslav Chaus said some Russian troops had pulled back but some remained in his region.
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"Air and missile strikes are (still) possible in the region, nobody is ruling this out," he said in a video address.
Ukrainian officials also said the southern port city of Mariupol was still holding out after weeks of bombardment by Russian forces and that fighting continued in eastern Ukraine.
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