Ukrainian law enforcers opened 20 criminal cases on the deportation of our citizens to Russia and Belarus. Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova stated this in a comment to an Ukrinform correspondent..

“We have more than 20 cases of forced displacement of persons to Russia, Belarus. Directly in the Criminal Code of Ukraine there is an article on genocide, which clearly states that the forced displacement of children is part of the qualifying crime of genocide, so for us this is a promising area of \u200b\u200binvestigation,” Venediktova said..

According to her, the investigation of cases is complicated by the fact that we do not have access to the territories and children who were deported by the occupiers..

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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.