Law enforcement officers exhumed the bodies of three children killed by the Russian army in the liberated territory of the Mykolayiv region.

This was reported by the communication department of the regional police.

The bodies of three residents of the village of Novopetrivka, Shirokivska united territorial community, Bashtan district, aged 12, 14 and 16, were exhumed.

During the investigation, it was established that in June, during the shelling of the village by Russia, minor girls were in the yard of the household, where one of the shells hit. 

They were buried at the local cemetery.

According to the conclusions of forensic medical experts, the children died from mine and explosive injuries.

We will remind, in the Kharkiv region, investigators

the bodies of a 17-year-old girl and her 48-year-old father.

Previously, experts established that they died as a result of shelling by the Russian Federation in May.

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