DIRECT. War in Ukraine: 110,754 Ukrainians from the Luhansk People’s Republic have already voted in Russia

The opening of polling stations for Ukrainians who are in Russia raises many questions, including the number: how many Ukrainian citizens are currently in Russia? Since February 24, the Russian authorities have regularly announced the evacuation of civilians from war zones to different regions of their immense territory. At the beginning of August, Russia claimed to have welcomed 3.2 million people, including half a million children, or 2.7 million potential voters. The UN, it recognized as of September 20, 2,691,903 Ukrainians on Russian soil, according to figures provided by the authorities. Regardless of age. It is unclear whether this number includes those forcibly evacuated to Russia; FridayUS Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council Michele Taylor said in Geneva that “numerous sources indicate that Russian authorities interrogated, detained and forcibly deported between 900,000 and 1,000 6 million Ukrainian citizens”.