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Ombudsman: Russia bolsters forced deportations of Ukrainians.

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Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova said Ukraine is not yet able to verify the exact numbers, but the government is investigating the forced deportations. Russian state-controlled media cited sources in the Russian military, writing that 674,000 Ukrainians were moved to Russia, of whom over 131,000 are children.

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Russia failed to break Ukraine’s army on the battlefield, and now it’s trying to do it through a peace plan that would cap Ukraine’s forces at 600,000. Some argue that Ukraine would shrink its army — currently estimated at about 800,000 — after the war anyway.

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