CNN reported seeing 'at least a dozen bodies in body bags piled inside the grave' in Bucha on Sunday.
A satellite image of a site identified as a mass grave in the town of Bucha, Ukraine, northwest of the capital of Kyiv. Image: Maxar Technologies
Newly released satellite images show a 45-foot-long trench in the grounds of a church in Bucha, Ukraine, where a mass grave was found after Russian troopsA CNN team on Sunday visited the grounds of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints Church, where Maxar Technologies' satellite images were captured, andThe satellite images reveal "the first signs of excavation" were seen on the grounds of the church on March 10, Maxar Technologies said in an emailed statement.
Images captured on March 31 show "the grave site with an approximately 45-foot long trench in the southwestern section of the area near the church," the satellite imagery company added, sharing
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