52 thousand Inquiries about missing Russian servicemen were received by the Ukrainian project – Coordinating Staff

In 2024, the “I want to find” project received 52,000 requests from families of missing Russian soldiers, the largest number of invaders disappeared in the Donetsk region – 19,025 people, mainly in the Pokrovsky and Bakhmut districts, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported on Friday in Telegram, writes UNN.

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“In 2024, 52,000 requests from Russian families about missing servicemen of the army of the aggressor country were sent to the separate project “I want to find,” the message reads.

This figure, as indicated, “does not include the dead and is 2-3 times less than the total number of missing Russians”, because not all relatives turn to the Ukrainian project. “The Russian authorities are trying in every possible way to hide the information about the losses suffered by the Russian army in the attempt to occupy Ukraine. The topic of missing, captured and dead occupiers is taboo in Russia,” the coordinating staff noted.

“Using the information provided within the scope of the project, the Russians get the opportunity to confirm the status of prisoners of war or the dead and to demand from the Russian authorities to carry out exchanges. In 2024, information was provided about the stay of 1,570 Russian soldiers in Ukrainian captivity, of which 397 were exchanged for the Defenders of Ukraine,” they said. in the coordination headquarters.

The statistics of appeals to the “I want to find” project, as noted, demonstrate the increase in losses of the aggressor’s army in Ukraine. “Most of the applications concern those who disappeared in 2024 – 29,472 occupiers. The largest number of invaders disappeared in the fields and plantations of the Donetsk region – 19,025 occupiers, in particular in the Pokrovsky (8,597) and Bakhmutsky (5,164) districts. Another 3,069 occupiers disappeared on the territory of Russia , mainly in the Kursk region, 63% of the missing – young men aged 17-39,” the message said.

According to reports, among the 20 units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which lead the lists in terms of the number of missing persons, “8 are illegally mobilized in the ORDLO (“people’s republics”)”. “The Russian military leadership uses these units as “cannon fodder” and does not pay attention to the loss of personnel,” the coordination headquarters said.

“73% of Russians who contacted the “I want to find” project said that they do not support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It seems that only after losing their loved ones, Russians begin to realize the real cost of the bloody war unleashed by their country,” the message states. .

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