{"id":1448587,"date":"2022-04-21T08:08:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1448587"},"modified":"2022-04-21T08:08:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:08:28","slug":"ukraine-lawmaker-says-moscow-has-deported-500000-people-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-lawmaker-says-moscow-has-deported-500000-people-to-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Lawmaker Says Moscow Has Deported 500,000 People to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-lawmaker-says-moscow-has-deported-500000-people-to-russia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1448587&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>BRUSSELS \u2014 Moscow has deported 500,000 people from Ukraine to Russia, a leading member of the parliament in Kyiv told European lawmakers on Wednesday, calling on the Red Cross to establish contact with those missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHalf a million of Ukrainian citizens were deported from Ukraine to the Russian Federation without agreement from their side,\u201d said Mykyta Poturayev, the head of the Ukrainian parliament\u2019s humanitarian committee.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters could not independently verify the figure given by Poturayev, who did not give details or supporting evidence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately there is no opportunity for now even (to make) contact with these people,\u201d Poturayev told members of the European Parliament by video link.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters has submitted a request for comment to the Russian Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The 1949 Geneva Conventions, which define international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in conflict, prohibit mass forcible transfers of civilians during a conflict to the territory of the occupying power, classifying it as a war crime.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has denied intentionally targeting civilians since invading Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it calls a special military operation and says it is offering humanitarian aid to those wanting to leave.<\/p>\n<p>A Russian government resolution on March 12 listed the whereabouts of 95,909 people across Russia who had left Ukraine, including the two breakaway regions Moscow has declared as independent entities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>A month later, the Russian military said it had rescued 138,014 civilians from Mariupol, as fighting intensified in the besieged city.<\/p>\n<p>Poturayev said he was concerned about the fate of those Ukrainians he says were sent to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know about so-called filtration camps for Ukrainian citizens,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s one of the possible directions of Red Cross activity, at least to find these deported people and to understand what is going (on) with them on the territory of the Russian Federation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alexandra Boivin, an official of the International Committee of the Red Cross, said her organization was talking to Russian authorities about possibilities to help these people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question about whether we can confirm that people were forcibly displaced at this moment is one that I cannot answer \u2026 but it\u2019s certainly an issue of concern,\u201d she told the European Parliament\u2019s debate. 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