Alexander Hinton: Russia’s mass kidnappings of Ukrainians are evidence of genocide

Russia has a long history of forcibly moving large numbers of civilians as a weapon of war and as a political tactic 

A woman running past a house on fire after shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on June 3, 2022. Russia is thought to have forcibly deported 900,000 to 1.6m Ukrainians. Picture: Alexei Alexandrov/AP

Following months of speculation, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on July 13, 2022, that Russia had forcibly relocated between 900,000 to 1.6m Ukrainians into Russia.

Blinken cited various sources, including eyewitness accounts and the Russian government, to confirm that Russia is removing Ukrainians from their country and making them pass through filtration camps, where some are detained and even disappear.