Russia is taking Ukrainian children to its territory to destroy the Ukrainian nation, said on behalf of the Ukrainian delegation to the UN during an open debate in the Security Council on the protection of civilians in conflict situations, Advisor to the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN Serhiy Dvornik.
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He added that as a result of rocket and artillery shelling of Ukrainian cities, tens of thousands of civilians were killed, many were injured.. Nearly 220,000 people have lost their homes. Also, millions of citizens had to leave the occupied or war-affected territories, 8 million. became internally displaced persons, 6.5 million. left Ukraine as refugees.
“We have no doubt that in Russian military strategies this refugee crisis was predicted as one of the successful outcomes of the war.. As well as the food crisis,” Dvornik emphasized..
However, he added, the Russian Federation underestimated the readiness to help, hospitality and commitment to the Ukrainians of our neighbors and other friends..
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The diplomat recalled that the Russian military in Ukraine resorted to killings, torture, illegal detentions, forced deportation, deprivation of property rights, attacks on civilian infrastructure throughout Ukraine, confiscated grain from local farmers, and this is not a complete list of Russian crimes against the civilian population of Ukraine..
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Earlier, the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights, Lyudmila Denisova, said that Russia had deported 1,377,925 Ukrainians to its territory, including 232,480 children..
Data on the number of Ukrainians subjected to forced deportation by Russia vary greatly. But no matter how many there are, behind these figures are the fates of specific people and families who, having escaped the war in Ukraine, continue to fight for their survival in a hostile country.. In the article by Olga Dmitricheva " What Ukrainians deported to Russia face” — a story that became an occasion to talk about this big problem and ways to solve it.