Makariv Mayor Vadym Tokar said 132 civilians were killed by Russian forces and that 40% of the town had been destroyed.

“As of yesterday, we have found 132 civilians who had been shot dead by the Russian orcs,” Tokar said during a newscast.

He added that mass graves as well as individual bodies have been found.

Makariv, which lies 32 miles west of the Ukrainian capital, had a prewar population of approximately 15,000. 25 miles to the northeast lies the village of Bucha.

Makariv saw weeks of …

Chernihiv Mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko said about 700 people died during the battle for the city,

“During the war in Chernihiv, about 700 people died- both military and civilian,” Atroshenko said, as quoted by Ukrinform.

He added that of the dead, all but 70 have been identified. A total of 40 people are missing.

The Mayor noted that 80,000-95,000 of the city’s prewar population of 285,000 remain in the city.

In an interview with the Washington Post, Atroshenko said that Russian forces “were …

Ukraine’s Vice Minister for Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources, Ruslan Strelets, said hundreds of Russian troops were subjected to high levels of radiation after withdrawing from Ukraine’s Chernobyl exclusion zone.

During a TV news marathon, Strelets said his agency has uncovered hundreds of bunkers and dugouts in the exclusion zone, including in the infamous Red Forest, which is among the most contaminated area around Chernobyl and gets its name from the pine trees in the …