Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, more than 52,000 people have gone missing. Among them are more than 3,676 children.
This was announced by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets, citing a study by Texty.org.ua.
Thus, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 52,673 people have been reported missing since 24 February 2022, about 37,000 of them under special circumstances. During the same period, 3,676 cases of children's disappearance were recorded.
The Ombudsman stressed that in the context of a full-scale war, any information that can help relatives of the missing to find them is critically important.
It is thanks to open data that search algorithms are created:
- find Ukrainian citizens abroad or in captivity through international and humanitarian missions;
- government agencies, NGOs and the public cooperate;
- prevent and detect cases of fraud with documents of missing persons;
- crimes of the occupiers are recorded.
"The greatest grief that Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine brings is human losses. We must do everything possible to make the terrorist country responsible for every destroyed life of the Ukrainian people!" Lubinets said.
- According to official figures, almost 1700 civilian Ukrainians are being held in detention in Russia, of which almost 900 have been confirmed by the International Committee of the Red Cross.