“The fate of these people remains completely uncertain,” said Alyona Verbitska, adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, responsible for the rights of soldiers.
About 15,000 people, both military and civilians, are officially listed as missing since the Russian military’s invasion of Ukrainian territory began on February 24, according to Alyona Verbytska, the Ukrainian presidential adviser on soldiers’ rights.
“Russia has confirmed (that it holds) 3,392 prisoners of war, but in Ukraine some 15,000 people are missing, among them many civilians,” Ms Verbitska told the German media group RND (“Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland”), which publishes her statements today.
The fate of these people remains completely uncertain, according to her.
“We don’t know what happened to them. Are they also prisoners of war of Russia, transferred from occupied territories elsewhere, have they been killed a long time ago?’
The uncertainty is unbearable for the families of these people, added Ms Verbicka, whose responsibilities include contributing to efforts to locate the disappeared.
Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly reported that entire families are being displaced from occupied territories in Russia.
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