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Ukraine’s missing people - how the disappearances erode morale

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Ukraine has listed more than 61,000 people as missing since the start of Russia 's invasion in 2022 .

Tetiana and Oleh Plachkov vanished without trace in September 2023 in Melitopol , south-eastern Ukraine .

Their daughter, Lyudmila , is desperate to find out what happened to her mother and father.

Lyudmila 's parents were taken from their home in September 2023 by unknown persons in military uniform.

Tetiana died of pneumonia after a prolonged time on a ventilator, but why she was intubated isn't recorded.

Police have opened a criminal case for abduction but there are no suspects and no clues.

The ICRC hotline in Kyiv is run by the International Committee of the Red Cross .

Leonid Popov was detained in Melitopol , just like Lyudmila 's parents.

He'd taken a photograph of Russian military hardware, was chased down the street by soldiers.

Three months later his father got a call: Leonid had been left at a city hospital, dehydrated and dehydrated.

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75

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English

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