More than 26,000 people have gone missing -- almost half of them civilians -- since the start of Russia's unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainian Deputy Interior Minister Leonid Tymchenko told state television on October 5. "More than 26,000 people are missing under special circumstances and are being sought. Of these, 11,000 are civilians and about 15,000 are military personnel," Tymchenko said. Ukraine's government last month transferred the authority to search for those missing from the Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories Ministry to the Internal Affairs Ministry. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.
Ukraine Says More Than 26,000 People Missing Since Start Of Full-Scale Invasion
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