Lantratova says ‘far fewer’ than 750 people were evacuated from Aleshki

Lantratova says ‘far fewer’ than 750 people were evacuated from Aleshki

Russia’s human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said she had no information on how many people had left the city of Aleshki (known in Ukrainian as Oleshky) in the Kherson region. She confirmed that 750 local residents had indeed been given the opportunity to leave Aleshki. That was the number of available seats on the evacuation buses. But, she said, “a great many buses then went back empty.”

Ukrainian ombudsman and mission coordinator Dmytro Lubinets said the sides had agreed not to disclose how many Aleshki residents had left for Ukraine and how many for Russia.

What we did in Aleshki is, in my view, a potential mechanism that we can use for other populated areas. That is why neither I nor the Russian side will officially disclose the figures. I really don’t want this to turn into a competition over “who got more people to come to their side.” That does not help objectivity

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