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Ukraine: Photos show cemetery expansion near occupied city

The images from Planet Labs PBC highlight the changes in the cemetery in Staryi Krym, an occupied town located northwest of the city. Comparing images from March 24, when Mariupol was under attack by the Russians, to one taken Oct. 14, months after , shows significant growth to the cemetery's southern fringes.

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The Center for Information Resilience, a London-based nonprofit that specializes in digital investigations and has monitored the Staryi Krym cemetery, estimated that more than 4,600 graves have been dug since the beginning of Russia's war in Ukraine.

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The center said it could not estimate the number of bodies interred. The BBC's Panorama program first reported on the center's analysis.

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