Date uploaded: 2022-04-09 19:08:04

After Russian forces pulled back from outside Kyiv this week, grisly scenes of dead civilians sparked global outrage. Investigators and journalists have begun documenting the atrocities and interviewing witnesses. Now, some survivors are speaking out about their harrowing experiences and grappling with uncertain futures. Russian forces killed hundreds of civilians in occupied towns and villages in the Kyiv area, Ukrainian officials said this week. The Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office on Friday said about 67 bodies were buried in a mass grave near a church in Bucha. In nearby Borodyanka, 26 bodies were found Thursday, the office said. "Every day, I only prayed and asked the Lord to help me or kill me," Diana Guloz, a language teacher from Kyiv, said. "It was terrible and psychologically very difficult." Russia has denied responsibility for civilian deaths in those areas and elsewhere, including at a train station in Kramatorsk, where a missile strike on Friday killed at least 50 people and injured more than 100, Ukrainian officials said. But as investigators and officials began to take stock this week of the death and destruction in areas surrounding Ukraine's capital, many residents are trying to figure out what comes next. Read the full story at the link in our bio. 📸: Felipe Dana, AP / Aris Messinis, AFP via Getty Images