During the two months of the full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian police departments received more than 7,000 reports about people who were missing.
The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Mary Hakobyan, stated this at a meeting with the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) delegation.
According to Mary Hakobyan, the scale of the invasion and, as a result, the number of missing people in Ukraine are unprecedented in modern world history.
Later, about half of the seven thousand were found. Also, about 2,000 dead bodies received the status of "unidentified"; 1,282 of them were identified later. As of today, 927 DNA tests have been ordered as part of criminal proceedings.
She said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also asking for help from partner countries and international organizations; it is asking for the supply of reagents, the involvement of additional expert groups, and the creation of a modern unified register of missing persons.
The International Commission on Missing Persons is an intergovernmental organization that addresses the issue of persons missing as a result of armed conflicts, violations of human rights, and natural disasters. The headquarters of the organization is located in The Hague (Netherlands).