Russian mobile crematoriums start working in Mariupol to destroy evidence of war crimes

Russian mobile crematoriums have started working in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol to destroy any evidence of Russian army’s crimes in the city, Ukrinform has reported based on local officials.

“Murderers covering their tracks. Russian mobile crematoriums have started working in Mariupol. After the wide international coverage of the genocide in Bucha, the top leadership of the Russian Federation ordered to eliminate any evidence of crimes of its army in Mariupol,” the Mariupol City Council posted on Telegram.

The news agency says that a week ago, cautious estimates indicated the deaths of 5,000 civilians in Mariupol.

“But given the size of the city, catastrophic destruction, the duration of the blockade, and fierce resistance, tens of thousands Mariupol civilians could fall victim to the occupiers.”

“That is why Russia is in no hurry to give the green light to the Turkish mission and other initiatives to save and fully evacuate Mariupol. In addition, they [Russians] are trying to identify all potential witnesses of the occupiers’ atrocities through filtration camps and eliminate them,” the City Council stated.

Local officials say that Russians assigned all the dirty work to collaborators.

“Eyewitnesses report that the Russcists involved locals and “Donetsk People’s Republic” terrorists in special cleansing brigades. The collaborators collect and burn the bodies of Mariupol residents tortured and killed as a result of the Russian invasion,” said the news agency.

Mariupol has suffered some of the heaviest bombardments since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.