Satellite images appear to show a mass grave outside a church in Bucha, Ukraine

Satellite images taken Thursday show a partially excavated mass grave outside a church.

The bodies of Ukrainian civilians are being removed from a trench southwest of the Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints.

The Moscow Times reported that 57 people had been buried there, but it's unclear how many bodies have been removed.

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According to the news, Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk said that officials in the area have already buried 280 people in mass graves, amid reports that Russian troops are withdrawing from the area.

When the invasion began, the city became a scene of intense fighting. The suburb of Kyiv was under Russian military control for weeks, and as the town has been retaken from withdrawing Russian troops, the remains of hundreds of murdered Ukrainian citizens have been found.