Espreso Global russian war crimes 2,469 people in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories have disappeared, over half of them in Kharkiv region - Zakharov, human rights defender

2,469 people in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories have disappeared, over half of them in Kharkiv region - Zakharov, human rights defender

18 September, 2022 Sunday

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Yevhen Zakharov, Chairman of the board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union for Human Rights, co-chairman of the Kharkiv human rights group, says that human rights organizations have united under the 'Tribunal for Putin' initiative and are documenting the Russian forces' crimes throughout Ukraine.

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He told it "Espreso.TV” live on air.

"The database now records almost 19,500 episodes of Russian crimes. Each episode has a link to the evidence. I want to draw attention to the disappearance of people in the occupied territories. The database has documented 2,469 such cases, more than half of them in the Kharkiv region - 1,420 episodes," - Zakharov noted.

According to him, people who show a pro-Ukrainian position, disappear.

"Former combatants, local self-government workers, deputies, teachers, journalists, and priests disappear in the occupied territories. The main goal of the Russians is to destroy the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people," Zakharov noted.