"Two million Ukrainians were taken to Russia, they were intimidated and their documents stolen."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced this, addressing the participants at the "Asian Leadership" conference, which takes place in Seoul, according to UNIAN reports.
Zelensky noted that among the deportees there are "several hundred thousand children", pointing out that it is difficult to give the exact number.
According to the Ukrainian leader, Russia has created filtering fields through which it forces people to pass into the occupied territories.
Meanwhile, the head of the self-proclaimed republic of Donetsk (DPR) Denis Pushilin said that if the Supreme Court of the DPR confirms the death sentences of foreign mercenaries, they will be executed by a firing squad.
On 9 June, a DPR court sentenced two British and one Moroccan fighters to death, Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and Saaudun Brahim.
All have filed an appeal.
The Ukrainian army reported that it had repelled a Russian assault on the settlements of Dovhenke and Dolyna, in the direction of Sloviansk, in the Donetsk region.
Meanwhile, the Russian attacks with missiles on the cities continue: bombed the cities of Kharkiv (where one civilian was killed and 5 others were injured) and Bakhmut, as well as numerous settlements in the east of the country.
Ukraine's northeastern Sumy Oblast hit 60 times in 24 hours.
Overnight the body of another victim was recovered by rescuers from the rubble in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk, where a Russian attack hit a 5-story residential building on the night of 9-10 July killing 46 people.
The death toll thus rises to 47.
The Ukrainian Public Prosecutor's Office has also updated the toll of Ukrainian minors killed or injured since the beginning of the Russian invasion: 349 children have died and 652 have been injured.
These figures are not definitive, as the work of the rescuers in the areas of the hostilities is underway.
The highest number of victims was recorded in the Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kiev regions.
Yesterday in the city of Siversk, in the Donetsk region, two minors aged 2 and 17 were injured in the bombing.
Summit in Istanbul today for wheat talks
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According to statements by the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmitry Kuleba, to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, reported by Tass, the agreement would be close.
ANSA agency
Ukraine and Russia 'one step away from the agreement' on wheat - World
Moscow-Kiev-Ankara-UN talks in Istanbul, the meeting will take place in a secret place (ANSA)
Meanwhile, the number of merchant ships that passed through the Danube to be loaded with Ukrainian grain has risen to 16.
