Ukrainian Officials Disclosed Unprecedented Number of People Who Have Gone Missing during the War
Number of Ukrainian citizens who have gone missing during the war is unprecedented in the modern global history.
During the first two months of hostilities, Ukrainian law-enforcement authorities have received at least seven thousand missing person reports.
Around a half of the missing people were successfully found according to Meri Akopian, the Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, around 2000 discovered dead bodies were initially labeled as unidentified, however the law-enforcement authorities later managed to identify at least 1282 of them. Currently, 927 DNA tests have been ordered as part of the pending criminal investigations.
The Ministry of Interior Affairs has requested support from foreign partners and international organizations to facilitate supplies of chemical reagents required for these tests, engage additional expert teams, and assist in creation of the state-of-art unified missing person registry.
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