Russia reports that more than a million people have been deported from Ukraine, including 183,000 children

The removal was described as “evacuation from dangerous areas” by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, citing Mikhail Mizincev, head of Russia’s National Defense Management Center.

“Despite obstacles from Kiev, 16,480 people, including 3,354 children, were evacuated from the dangerous areas of the People’s Republic of Ukraine, Donetsk and Lugansk to the territory of the Russian Federation last day without the involvement of the Ukrainian authorities, and a total of 1,002,429 people, 183,168 of whom were children, “said Mizincev.

He also claimed that more than 2.75 million Ukrainians and foreigners had asked to be evacuated to Russia, the so-called Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, and the Russian-controlled areas in Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts.

“There are a total of 2,753,625 such requests from 2,132 settlements in Ukraine,” Mizincev said.

According to him, there are more than 9.5 thousand fully equipped temporary accommodation points in the Russian Federation.

The Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly reported the forced deportations of Ukrainians, including orphans, to Russia, in particular from Mariupol and Izjum.

CONTEXT:

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to start Russian troops invade Ukraine. Putin claimed that NATO was going to use Ukraine as a bridgehead for aggression against Russia, although there was no evidence of these allegations. Ukraine believes that Putin’s real goal is to destroy Ukraine’s statehood and bring the territory under Moscow’s control.

Russia hoped to occupy Kiev and other major Ukrainian cities within a few days, but the Ukrainian armed forces showed fierce resistance to the occupiers and Russia has failed to meet its targets. Russian occupation forces continue to fire on Ukrainian cities, causing increasing civilian casualties.

In early April, the international community was shocked by news from the Kiev region of the city of Bucca, where Russian troops brutally retaliated against the civilian population. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has described it as a war crime and genocide against the Ukrainian people.

About 5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since the start of the war.

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has provoked a general one condemnation of the international communityagainst Russia is new sanctions have been introduced. Many Western companies have decided to leave the Russian market.

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