As the Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Pierre Krähenbühl, said in an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
The International Committee of the Red Cross has said it has received more than 200,000 inquiries from families of Ukrainians and Russians regarding people who went missing as a result of the war. This information was voiced by ICRC Director-General Pierre Krähenbühl during an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. In the organization’s database there are tens of thousands of Ukrainians recorded as missing due to the fighting. The total number of inquiries from Ukrainian and Russian families regarding missing persons under special circumstances exceeds 200,000.
This concerns those who are likely held in captivity, and people who may have died in combat. It is a large registered group. And these are the figures we have today
– Pierre Krähenbühl
Context and significance of the data for families
Such data highlight the scale of the tragedies and point to the need for continued support for families seeking their loved ones. The ICRC continues to work on aiding the search for the missing, provides psychological support to families, and coordinates humanitarian efforts with partners to speed up the uncovering of the fate of the disappeared and ease their situation.
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