Vanished under occupation: Where Russia Is Holding Ukrainian Captives
Source: MIHR
A full year has elapsed since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began. The Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully repelled the invaders, recapturing and fully de-occupying Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions, and partially reclaiming Mykolayiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Luhansk regions. Throughout the year, the MIHR has diligently recorded the war crimes and other atrocities perpetrated by the Russian army in Ukraine, which are both shocking in their scale and brutality. Among the most frequent offenses are the arbitrary detention and hostage-taking of civilians who are often held together with prisoners of war.
The Russian military is committing acts of terror, such as abducting, torturing, and killing innocent men, women, and children. The MIHR documented the first cases of forcible disappearances of civilians in February 2022, marking a disturbing escalation in the brutality of this phase of the conflict.
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A full year has elapsed since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began. The Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully repelled the invaders, recapturing and fully de-occupying Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions, and partially reclaiming Mykolayiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Luhansk regions. Throughout the year, the MIHR has diligently recorded the war crimes and other atrocities perpetrated by the Russian army in Ukraine, which are both shocking in their scale and brutality. Among the most frequent offenses are the arbitrary detention and hostage-taking of civilians who are often held together with prisoners of war.
The Russian military is committing acts of terror, such as abducting, torturing, and killing innocent men, women, and children. The MIHR documented the first cases of forcible disappearances of civilians in February 2022, marking a disturbing escalation in the brutality of this phase of the conflict.
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