Donetsk Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko said that a burial site of 286 women aged 18-25 was found in Krasnoarmeysk. He noted that 382 women had been missing, as of October 14. The official clarified that they had headshots and signs of rape, RIA Novosti reports.Spokesman of the National Security and Defense Service of Ukraine Andrey Lysenko said that information about such number of women missing was over-exaggeration. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov denied the information and noted that not a single fact had been confirmed.Mikhail Fedotov, the head of the Presidential Human Rights Council, said that the information needed confirmation by independent international experts. Alexander Brod, the director of the Moscow Human Rights Bureau, called for an investigation. Donetsk police initiated a criminal case and wanted the UN and OSCE to join the investigation process.Krasnoarmeysk is located 45km north-west of Donetsk.
Donetsk Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko said that a burial site containing the bodies of 286 women aged 18-25 has been found in Krasnoarmeysk. He noted that 382 women had been reported missing since October 14. The official clarified that the bodies had headshots and signs of rape, RIA Novosti reports.
Spokesman of the National Security and Defense Service of Ukraine Andrey Lysenko said that information about such a number of women missing was an over-exaggeration. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov denied the information and noted that not a single fact had been confirmed.
Mikhail Fedotov, the head of the Presidential Human Rights Council, said that the information needed confirmation by independent international experts. Alexander Brod, the director of the Moscow Human Rights Bureau, called for an investigation. Donetsk police initiated a criminal case and wanted the UN and OSCE to join the investigation process.
Krasnoarmeysk is located 45km north-west of Donetsk.
