More than 100,000 civilians were killed in Ukraine during the year of the war with the Russian Federation - the prosecutor
The number of victims of Russian aggression, which is ten times higher than official data, was informed by the head of the department of the Attorney General Yuri Bilousov, The Independent reports. "The number of dead citizens across Ukraine whose bodies will need to be found and identified in the occupied territories can be 100 thousand," Bilousov said. According to the UN officials, published this week, the current number of dead is 8 thousand people.
Bilousov also noted that the Russian invasion had resulted in unprecedented military crimes - thousands of unknown bodies were found, many were found in mass burials. Of the 10,000 found bodies, 3. 5 thousand have not yet been recognized. 21,500 are officially considered missing, and this figure can grow. During March 2022, 3,326 civilians were killed, and March was the most difficult month throughout the year of the full -scale war.
Bilousov estimates that the number of unknown casualties in Russia can exceed current estimates. He noted that the uniqueness of this war is that the search for the missing and investigation of war crimes is conducted during the active phase of war. "In other countries, searches have begun after the fighting is completed.
As the territories are released, we will face even more such cases, and we will need the help of foreign partners, because for a huge volume of technical work you will need equipment and experts that would accelerate the process, the process Because our system was not ready for so many unknown bodies, "he explained. We will remind that, according to Vladimir Zelensky, Putin still plans to seize Kiev and make Ukraine with his colony.