Since Russia's invasion began, Ukrainian officials have accused Moscow of forcibly kidnapping its people.
A Russian official said Saturday that more than one million people have been willingly evacuated from Ukraine to Russia since the start of the war. However, Ukraine has accused the nation of taking its citizens hostage.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that figure includes 120,000 foreign individuals and people evacuated from Russian-backed breakaway areas in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, Reuters reported. He made the comments during an interview with Chinese state media, while adding that some 2.8 million people in Ukraine have asked to be moved to Russia..
Russia's foreign minister said over 1 million Ukrainians have been evacuated to Russia. Above, Ukrainian soldiers prepare a tank on a road near Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine, on April 26."Ukrainians from these camps—the survivors—are sent further into the occupied territories and to Russia. The facts of deportation of our citizens to the Russian boondocks, to Siberia, even to Vladivostok are recorded.
By forcibly deporting Mariupol citizens to its territory, Russia moves to the next level of terror. 6k Ukrainians already now in Russian camps where they may be used as hostages. Humanitarian convoys fleeing to non-occupied parts of ðºð¦ still being shelled. This barbarity must end
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