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Russian forces have forcibly detained and deported about 50 Ukrainian civilians from the village of Hrabovske in Ukraine’s eastern Sumy region, Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, confirmed in a Telegram post on December 21.

Lubinets said Russian troops illegally detained residents of the border village on December 18, held them without access to communication or proper conditions, and on December 20 transported them into Russian territory. He described the actions as a grave violation of international humanitarian law, including unlawful detention and the forced deportation of civilians.

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Officer of the Main Communications Directorate Dmytro Lykhovii confirmed in a comment to Ukrainian Pravda that up to 50 civilians, mostly elderly men and women who had previously refused evacuation, were taken from the village. One of the abducted residents is reportedly 89 years old.

According to Ukraine’s Joint Forces Task Force, fighting continued overnight as Ukrainian forces moved to push Russian troops out of the area.

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In a report, British newspaper The Times said the fifty civilians were "abducted in ‘medieval’ border raid on Ukrainian village." -- (archived linkhttps://archive.ph/8XvG9#selection-1795.0-1801.266)

... Viktor Trehubov, the head of the Joint Forces Communications Department, said: “It looks like some kind of more localised provocation in an area that was not a key area before. It’s not about strategic goals, it’s about kidnapping people for some kind of political or information attack.”

... Ukraine has previously accused Moscow of systematically abducting civilians from occupied or contested areas, actions Kyiv said violated international humanitarian law.

Russia has also forcibly transferred thousands of civilians, including children, from occupied territory during the war. The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants over the alleged deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia, a charge Moscow denies.

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