Russia found over 3,000 killed civilians in Mariupol after taking control over the city

Russian Investigative Committee has reported that over 3,000 civilians were killed in Mariupol after Russian forces entered  city, as per a report by Sputnik news. committee claims that Ukrainian military forces "artificially created obstacles for evacuation" of citizens, leaving m unable to leave city and vulnerable to attack by Ukrainian forces. "Unable to leave city and moving in search of food, civilians became a living target for Ukrainian punishers who killed m with various s of weapons," said  Russian Investigative Committee.

Russian Investigative Committee reported that 51 bodies of civilians were discovered in April at positions abandoned by Ukraine's troops, and after completing examination of city, number of casualties rose to more than 3,000. Russian investigators have proposed creation of a DNA database to help identify victims, as many have yet to be identified. In dition, Russian Investigative Committee has initiated a criminal case against several Ukrainian military leers, including Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, commander-in-chief of Ukrainian armed forces, and Gen. Oleksandr Pavlyuk, commander of operations of Ukraine's joint forces.

Both sides have been accused of human rights abuses 

se individuals are accused of war crimes in Mariupol, including use of prohibited means and methods of warfare. allegations me by Russian Investigative Committee have not been independently verified. It is also important to note that conflict in Mariupol has been marked by a complex and volatile situation, with both Ukrainian and Russian forces accused of committing human rights abuses. 

Meanwhile, Kyiv is investigating more than 58,000 potential Russian war crimes — killings, kidnappings, indiscriminate bombings and sexual assaults.

Reporting by Associated Press and “Frontline,” recorded in a public database, has independently verified more than 600 incidents that appear to violate laws of war. Some of those attacks were massacres that killed dozens or hundreds of civilians and as a totality it could account for thousands of individual war crimes.