russia forcibly deported almost 1.5 million Ukrainian citizens.
This was stated by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova at the discussion "Protection of human rights during the war" in Davos, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
More than 240,000 deportees are children.
According to Denisova, there is convincing evidence that the aggressor country was preparing for forced deportation in advance and expected to deport more than 2 million Ukrainians.
"I have directives given by the top leadership (Russia - Ed.) To the relevant authorities to set up temporary accommodation for our citizens. And we know where they are located, how many are located and under what conditions they are located," the ombudsman said. .
Denisova stressed the need to resolve the issue of returning deported Ukrainians at the interstate level.
We will remind, according to the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, during May 21 invaders took out from under Mariupol to russia 245 people. According to Lyudmila Denisova, on May 20 alone, the occupiers deported more than 17,000 citizens from Ukraine.