Investigators piece together what happened to 400 Ukrainians that Russian forces buried in a mass grave

A forest in the city of Izium in northeast Ukraine is home to one of the largest mass graves discovered since the Russian invasion. The World’s Shirin Jaafari visited the site and spoke to investigators who are piecing together what happened there.

This story originally aired November 21, 2022.

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