It is not known exactly how many people died, were tortured and buried.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi stated that the occupiers took out about half a million people from various temporarily occupied parts of our state to the territory of the Russian Federation or to the territory of the occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions. He said this during a press conference for foreign journalists on Saturday, April 23.
“Unfortunately, the numbers are tragic… They are definitely not quite correct. As for the people who died, who were tortured in the basements, buried, taken away – no one will give you the exact numbers. people were deported from various occupied parts of our state to the territory of the Russian Federation or to the territory of the temporarily occupied East – to Donetsk and Luhansk regions, “Zelensky said.
He also added that at least about 5,000 people were deported. children.