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Pressure on Russian forces mounts after Ukraine’s advances

Servicemen carry the coffin of Olga Simonova, 34, a Russian woman who was killed in the Donetsk region while fighting on Ukraine's side in the war with her native country, in a crematorium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna) People applaud during a funeral ceremony for Oleksandr Shapoval, a ballet dancer soloist of the National Opera who was killed as a volunteer soldier in a battle in the Donetsk region, at the National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian servicemen stand atop a destroyed Russian tank in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) A Ukrainian serviceman stands atop a destroyed Russian armor vehicle in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Ukrainian servicemen stand atop a destroyed Russian tank in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Servicemen and artists pay the last respects to volunteer soldier Oleksandr Shapoval, a ballet dancer soloist of the National Opera who was killed in a battle in the Donetsk region, during a funeral ceremony in the National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Emergency workers close a plastic bag with a body of a civilian during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A woman speaks on a mobile phone while standing on the street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) Unidentified graves of civilians and Ukrainian soldiers in a cemetery during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo shaking hands prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Ukrainian servicemen carry a bag containing the body of a Ukrainian soldier, center, as one of them, right, carries the remains of a body of a Russian soldier in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Servicemen carry the coffin of Olga Simonova, 34, a Russian woman who was killed in the Donetsk region while fighting on Ukraine's side in the war with her native country, in a crematorium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna) People applaud during a funeral ceremony for Oleksandr Shapoval, a ballet dancer soloist of the National Opera who was killed as a volunteer soldier in a battle in the Donetsk region, at the National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian servicemen stand atop a destroyed Russian tank in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) A Ukrainian serviceman stands atop a destroyed Russian armor vehicle in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Ukrainian servicemen stand atop a destroyed Russian tank in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Servicemen and artists pay the last respects to volunteer soldier Oleksandr Shapoval, a ballet dancer soloist of the National Opera who was killed in a battle in the Donetsk region, during a funeral ceremony in the National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Emergency workers close a plastic bag with a body of a civilian during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A woman speaks on a mobile phone while standing on the street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) Unidentified graves of civilians and Ukrainian soldiers in a cemetery during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo shaking hands prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Ukrainian servicemen carry a bag containing the body of a Ukrainian soldier, center, as one of them, right, carries the remains of a body of a Russian soldier in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Servicemen carry the coffin of Olga Simonova, 34, a Russian woman who was killed in the Donetsk region while fighting on Ukraine's side in the war with her native country, in a crematorium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna) People applaud during a funeral ceremony for Oleksandr Shapoval, a ballet dancer soloist of the National Opera who was killed as a volunteer soldier in a battle in the Donetsk region, at the National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian servicemen stand atop a destroyed Russian tank in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) A Ukrainian serviceman stands atop a destroyed Russian armor vehicle in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Ukrainian servicemen stand atop a destroyed Russian tank in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Servicemen and artists pay the last respects to volunteer soldier Oleksandr Shapoval, a ballet dancer soloist of the National Opera who was killed in a battle in the Donetsk region, during a funeral ceremony in the National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Unidentified graves of civilians and Ukrainian soldiers in a cemetery during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ukrainian servicemen carry a bag containing the body of a Ukrainian soldier, center, as one of them, right, carries the remains of a body of a Russian soldier in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Emergency workers close a plastic bag with a body of a civilian during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A woman speaks on a mobile phone while standing on the street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo shaking hands prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Bags with dead bodies are seen during the exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ukrainian servicemen rest at former Russian position in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Servicemen carry the coffin of Olga Simonova, 34, a Russian woman who was killed in the Donetsk region while fighting on Ukraine's side in the war with her native country, in a crematorium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna) People applaud during a funeral ceremony for Oleksandr Shapoval, a ballet dancer soloist of the National Opera who was killed as a volunteer soldier in a battle in the Donetsk region, at the National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, gestures while speaking to Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - An expert examines a body during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Emergency workers move the body of a civilian during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Bags with dead bodies are seen during the exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Servicemen and artists pay the last respects to volunteer soldier Oleksandr Shapoval, a ballet dancer soloist of the National Opera who was killed in a battle in the Donetsk region, during a funeral ceremony in the National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman speaks on a mobile phone while standing on the street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo shaking hands prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Bags with dead bodies are seen during the exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ukrainian servicemen rest at former Russian position in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Servicemen carry the coffin of Olga Simonova, 34, a Russian woman who was killed in the Donetsk region while fighting on Ukraine's side in the war with her native country, in a crematorium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna) People applaud during a funeral ceremony for Oleksandr Shapoval, a ballet dancer soloist of the National Opera who was killed as a volunteer soldier in a battle in the Donetsk region, at the National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, gestures while speaking to Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - An expert examines a body during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Emergency workers move the body of a civilian during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Bags with dead bodies are seen during the exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Servicemen and artists pay the last respects to volunteer soldier Oleksandr Shapoval, a ballet dancer soloist of the National Opera who was killed in a battle in the Donetsk region, during a funeral ceremony in the National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman speaks on a mobile phone while standing on the street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo shaking hands prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, gestures while speaking to Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - An expert examines a body during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Emergency workers move the body of a civilian during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Bags with dead bodies are seen during the exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A vehicle on fire after shelling in Donetsk, area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. A Ukrainian shelling attack killed four people in downtown Donetsk on Saturday. According to the city's Mayor Alexey Kulemzin, fragments of munitions for Caesar howitzers were found. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Servicemen and artists pay the last respects to volunteer soldier Oleksandr Shapoval, a ballet dancer soloist of the National Opera who was killed in a battle in the Donetsk region, during a funeral ceremony in the National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman speaks on a mobile phone while standing on the street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo shaking hands prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, gestures while speaking to Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - An expert examines a body during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Emergency workers move the body of a civilian during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Bags with dead bodies are seen during the exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A vehicle on fire after shelling in Donetsk, area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. A Ukrainian shelling attack killed four people in downtown Donetsk on Saturday. According to the city's Mayor Alexey Kulemzin, fragments of munitions for Caesar howitzers were found. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Servicemen and artists pay the last respects to volunteer soldier Oleksandr Shapoval, a ballet dancer soloist of the National Opera who was killed in a battle in the Donetsk region, during a funeral ceremony in the National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman speaks on a mobile phone while standing on the street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo shaking hands prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - An expert examines a body during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Emergency workers move the body of a civilian during an exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Bags with dead bodies are seen during the exhumation in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass burial site near the recaptured city of Izium that contained hundreds of graves. It was not clear who was buried in many of the plots or how all of them died, though witnesses and a Ukrainian investigator said some were shot and others were killed by artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Oleh Semeniuk, looks at a crater created by an explosion from a window of his apartment that was damaged after a Russian attack in a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. "I'm a railway worker and we are made of iron", says the 59-year-old man while standing at the site of an explosion that hit an area near his apartment. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Men work next to a crater created by an explosion to fix the internet cables after a Russian attack in downtown, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) A Ukrainian tank drives past former Russian checkpoint in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Pressure on Russian forces mounts after Ukraine’s advances