Russia has today accused Ukraine of making up reports mass graves had been found in the formerly Russian-controlled city of Izyum.
‘These are lies,’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday, adding Moscow ‘will stand up for the truth in this story’.
Some 450 graves were discovered in forests outside Izyum after the strategic city was recaptured from the Russians by Ukrainian troops last week.
Russia said it was ‘the same scenario as in Bucha’, where dozens of bodies were found after…