Hundreds more civilians feared dead in towns near Kyiv – BBC News

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The Ukrainian government says it fears that many more civilians may have been killed by Russian forces in towns around Kyiv, before they retreated further east.

It follows the discovery of many dead civilians in the city of Bucha. Ukrainian human rights workers believe that hundreds more people may be buried in a mass grave near a church in the city.

And in the nearby town of Borodyanka the authorities fear that hundreds of people are buried beneath the rubble of apartment blocks.

Borodyanka suffered some of the worst destruction of towns around Kyiv, with civilian apartments destroyed by air strikes and shelling.

Clive Myrie in Lviv presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen and Yogita Limaye.

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Ukraine is a large country in Eastern Europe known for its Orthodox churches, Black Sea coastline and forested mountains. Its capital, Kiev, features the gold-domed St. Sophia’s Cathedral, with 11th-century mosaics and frescoes. Overlooking the Dnieper River is the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery complex, a Christian pilgrimage site housing Scythian tomb relics and catacombs containing mummified Orthodox monks.

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