Russia considers this to be an evacuation operation to bring people to safety. Ukraine sees it as a forced expulsion of its citizens from the territories occupied by Russia.
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PAlmost 1.1 million people have been taken to Russia from war-affected areas of Ukraine since Moscow began its February 24 invasion. Among the civilians taken to Russia, there are about 200,000 children, said the head of the Russian army, Mikhail Mizintsev, quoted by the Russian news agency Interfax.
On Monday alone, 11,500 people, including 1,850 children, were brought from Ukraine to Russia, he said.
Russia sees it as an evacuation operation aimed at bringing people to safety from fighting on the ground and alleged violence by Ukrainian leaders in Kyiv.
Ukraine sees it as the forced expulsion of its citizens from the territories occupied by Russia to the east and south. According to kyiv, the Russian army does not allow people to flee from Ukrainian-controlled territory.
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council has accused Russia of kidnapping Ukrainian children and using them for propaganda purposes.
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