“This is a bold act of Russian terrorism. Humans couldn’t do that. They are beasts,” Mr. Zelensky told his audience. “Millions were deported to Russia or left homeless because of the hostilities,” he added. “It is still being determined how many children Russian forces have abducted and taken out of Ukraine … the preliminary number is staggering – around 200,000 children.” A report published by Origination for Security and Co-operation in Europe expressed “serious concern” about tens of thousands of Ukrainians forcibly expelled from Russia. The US estimates that more than 1.6 million Ukrainians, including 260,000 children, have been abducted from their homes to be held and interrogated in so-called “infiltration camps”. “Citizens are subjected to harsh interrogations, humiliating body searches and have to provide personal data – their fingerprints and identity forms,” a Western source said. “Those who pass through infiltration are often taken, with or without their consent, to Russian territory.” While the location of the camps remains a mystery to Western intelligence officers, one has been identified in Bezimenne in the Donetsk region. The source said more than 33,000 people from Mariupol were “screened and filtered” through the settlement deep in Russian-controlled territory.
