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Russia deports almost three million people from Ukraine since February 24

5 December, 2022 Monday
11:35

Since the beginning of Russian full-scale invasion, about 2.8 million Ukrainians were forced to leave or were deported to the territory of Russian Federation

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Dmytro Lubinets, Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, wrote this on Telegram.

"Since February, at least 2 800 000 Ukrainians have been forced to leave or have been deported to the territory of Russia," he noted.

Ombudsman added that if someone is in Russia and needs to get to a safe area, they can contact two hotline numbers:

0-800-50-17-20 (free of charge) 

+38 044-299-74-08 (if you are outside Ukraine)

As of November 8, according to National Information Bureau of Ukraine, more than 10,500 children were on the list of those deported and forcibly displaced by Russia. However, it is impossible to establish exact number of children forcibly removed from Ukraine.

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