According to Ukrainian officials, the fate of the Sukhenko and her family were unknown till their bodies were discovered on Saturday in a shallow grave behind houses that Russian soldiers had used as makeshift barracks.
President Joe Biden called for a war crimes trial against Russian President Vladimir Putin and said more sanctions were in the works following the report of atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine.
Ukrainian mayor of the village of Motyzhyn, Olga Sukhenko, and her husband and son were found killed and dumped in a shallow grave after being kidnapped by Russian occupying forces.
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Deputy prime minister says the mayor of a village near Kyiv was "killed in captivity" along with her husband and her son by occupying Russian forces.