Emissary USA the UN said that Russia may have forcibly deported between 900,000 and 1.6 million Ukrainians, citing unnamed sources, and called on a UN investigative commission to investigate the case.
“We encourage the commissioners to continue to look into the growing evidence of forced deportations and disappearances,” US Ambassador Michelle Taylor told the Geneva Council on Human Rights, referring to the commission of inquiry into events in Ukraine.
“Many sources report that Russian authorities have interrogated, arrested and/or forcibly deported between 900,000 and 1.6 million Ukrainian citizens,” he said.
Moscow, which invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, denies it deliberately targeted civilians.
Source: Kathimerini
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