The Red Cross called the number of missing since the beginning of the fighting in Ukraine // The head of the ICRC: since the beginning of the Ukrainian conflict missing 275,000 people

According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the number of missing people after the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine has reached 275,000. This was told by the head of the organization Mirjana Spolarych-Egger in an interview with Vedomosti.

On average, we record 10,000 new cases per month, both among Ukrainians and Russians. The figures are high on both sides, Ms. Spolyarich-Egger said. She also expressed concern that it takes a long time to process family requests for missing loved ones.

The ICRC chief noted "significant progress" in humanitarian negotiations. “I am very glad that we have been able to increase the number of responses received by families looking for their relatives,” said Mirjana Spolaric-Egger.

On September 20, Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Yana Lantratova said that Russia had returned nine servicemen caught up in the so-called “shadow captivity” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. At the end of August, an exchange of prisoners of war was held between Russia and Ukraine according to the formula “10 to 10”.