According to authorities, about 37,000 people have disappeared since the start of the war in Ukraine. Among them are “children, civilians, soldiers,” said Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets. The number of unreported cases could be even higher.
Since Russian authorities occupy almost 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, the assessment is difficult. Lubinets assumes that about 1,700 Ukrainians are “illegally detained” in Russia. In addition, approximately 20,000 children were abducted to neighboring countries. The Human Rights Commissioner still counts.
Only 147 citizens have returned so far. Authorities are trying to find more and bring them home, Lubinez wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.
You can see Dmytro Lubinez’s Facebook post here.
A million without electricity
The war started in February 2022. The Russian army is currently regularly bombing the Ukrainian energy supply network. About a million people are without electricity. Nighttime storms in the country caused additional disruptions.
According to Zelensky, his country urgently needs defensive missiles to prevent destruction. On April 11, the important Trypilska coal-fired power plant in the Kiev region was destroyed by Russian missiles. “Eleven rockets flew in. We destroyed the first seven. The other four destroyed Trypilska – why? Because there were zero missiles. We ran out of missiles to defend Trypilska,” Zelensky said.
Mobilization law signed
On Tuesday, the politician signed the controversial law on the mobilization of armed forces. The Ukrainian army is currently having great difficulty recruiting more soldiers. The Mobilization Act provides for heavier penalties for conscientious objectors and a simplified draft procedure. In addition, a paragraph was deleted that provided for the discharge of soldiers who had been deployed for three years.
Source: Krone
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