TASS said that from the beginning of the war, 2.8 million people came to Russia from Ukraine. Ukraine claims that they were taken forcibly
TASS, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, announced that after the start of the war, more than 2.8 million people came to Russia from Ukraine, including 448 thousand children. According to TASS interlocutor, half of them are the inhabitants of the LPR and the DPR. In his publication, TASS calls these Ukrainians refugees who themselves arrived in Russia. However, the Ukrainian side has repeatedly said that these people were delivered from Ukraine by force.