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Yermak: Russia deported 232,000 children from Ukraine since Feb. 24.

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Andriy Yermak, head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, said, citing Russian sources, that Moscow forcibly deported 232,000 Ukrainian children onto its territory since the start of the full-scale invasion. Over 2,000 exiled children are either orphaned or separated from their parents, he added.

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