Ukraine accuses Russia of forcibly taking 50 civilians from Sumy region village

Fifty residents from the border village of Grabovske in Ukraine’s Sumy region have been forcibly taken to Russia, Governor Dmytro Lubinets says. “Such actions are a gross violation of international humanitarian law – a violation of the laws and customs of war, unlawful deprivation of liberty and forced deportation of the civilian population,” Lubinets said on Telegram. The governor said that according to preliminary information, the civilians were held on Thursday without access to any means of communication and a day later they were taken into Russia.