Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians would be deported to Russia.
This is affirmed by the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Iryna Vereshchuk, guest of BFMTV on Wednesday.
According to her, “we are talking about nearly 460,000 people, including orphans deprived of parental care”.
The Ukrainian representative denounces: “6,500 filtration camps have been created in Russia and this is an absolute crime against humanity, and this will of course have legal consequences”
A few moments earlier, still on BFMTV, the governor of the Luhansk region, Sergei Gaïdaï, denounced these deportations, speaking of a "very humiliating procedure".
“They strip people, they look for tattoos, signs of carrying weapons.
They are looking for Ukrainians who are in contact with the military, the forces of order.
They also try to separate families.
It's a selection," he said.
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“We undress them, we take their fingerprints, we search them.
And after that, we decide their fate.
Are they going to be brought to Russia, or are some of these people going to be arrested?
added Tatiana Lomakina, head of humanitarian corridors in Ukraine.
“Sent against their will” in Russia
On his side;
John Kirby, spokesman for the Pentagon, also assured that Ukrainians had been "sent against their will" to Russia, without being able to give a figure.
kyiv advances that of 1.2 million people deported to Russia and placed in camps.
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