Occupants forcibly deported 12 thousand civilians from Crimea

Law enforcement officers have established the fact of forced deportation of 12 thousand people from the temporarily occupied Crimea.

This was stated by the First Deputy Head of the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol Vitaliy Secretary during the presentation of the media project "War Crimes in Crimea".

According to statistics, about 55 thousand people from Crimea have been granted the status of internally displaced persons. However, the Secretary emphasized that the actual number of victims is much higher, as about 28 thousand people refused to legally register this status at all, and many people left for third countries.

As for forced deportation, 12 thousand people have already been clearly identified. The prosecutor's office is now planning to further work on the fate of those who have IDP status and those who are outside Ukraine. The Secretary noted that the Ukrainian law enforcement system has faced an extremely high number of crimes. The total number of war crimes committed after the full-scale invasion is approaching 200,000, while the number of victims "increases many times over" as there may be tens or even hundreds of thousands of people in one proceeding.

To solve the problem of reaching victims, the prosecutor's office plans to expand the War Crimes in Crimea project and involve foreign diplomatic missions. The goal is to ensure that Ukrainians living abroad also receive information about the mechanism and ways to contact the prosecutor's office.

The Permanent Representative of the President in Crimea, Olga Kuryshko, explained that the media project "War Crimes in Crimea" is crucial for informing the public.

According to her, many victims may not even realize that violations of international law have been committed against them. As an example, Kuryshko mentioned the case of illegal seizure of property in the temporarily occupied territory, about which victims may not have full information.

Катерина Глушко