In the occupied city of Oleshky in the Kherson region, authorities have allowed the burial of only those who died of natural causes, while the bodies of people killed are being taken away, allegedly for examination in Kalanchak.
Tetiana Hasanenko, head of the Oleshky City Military Administration, told Ukrinform that relatives often do not even receive information about where their loved ones are later buried.
"Things reached the point where a specific smell of decomposing bodies started coming from one of the hospital buildings in Oleshky, which is not intended for storing the bodies of the deceased and the killed. Therefore, a requirement appeared to transport to Kalanchak only the bodies of people who were killed by shelling or exploded on a mine. The occupiers explain this by saying they are documenting 'crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.' But there are bodies that were taken to Kalanchak three months ago, and even four months ago, and they were never returned to relatives. In other words, it is a one-way trip even for a body," Hasanenko said.
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She also described a case of a mother whose son was killed and whose body was taken away.
