Ukraine figures at least 7,000 missing citizens

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kyiv raises to 10,000 Ukrainian minors forcibly deported to Russian territory

Nov. 2 () –

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has estimated at least 7,000 missing citizens throughout the national territory in the context of the war, which began more than eight months ago by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It is true that this figure cannot be considered exact, since in war conditions “it is impossible to determine certain numbers,” Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar acknowledged at a press conference.

“Commanders, who must provide all the data on the dead and missing, actively participate in combat operations. And this information, firstly, is sometimes transmitted late, and secondly, sometimes it is physically impossible to accurately determine “, he pointed out.

On the other hand, the National Resistance Center – a government agency promoted by kyiv in March after the Russian invasion – has raised the number of Ukrainian minors forcibly deported to Russian territory to 10,000.

“They are taken for ‘rehabilitation’ to children’s camps in Russia, after which they are not returned to their parents. This situation is necessary for the Kremlin to force parents to leave their homes in search of their children,” reads a statement. report of said body.

Thus, after leaving their homes, the parents of the minors cannot return due to the martial law imposed by Russia in those territories that it has recently annexed based on the result of a series of referendums that the international community calls illegitimate.

In addition, the Ukrainian authorities have indications that minors forcibly deported are sent to regions such as Leningrad or Volgograd, in the Russian West, but also to other more remote points of Russian geography, such as Novosibirsk or Tyumen, in the center of the country.