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The Forgotten Victims of Ukraine

<p>The Independent has discovered that at least 500 people with disabilities – including children – have been bundled up by soldiers and taken to Russia. Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights who faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, has claimed they are ‘evacuations’ </p>

We were told we were off to the seaside – but then kidnapped by Russia

<p>Oleg, 65, died in Kyiv, with his family saying he suffered awful treatement in Russian-occuplied territory</p>

Human shields: The horrors those with disabilities face in Putin’s war

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US disability rights advisor hails Independent Ukraine investigation

<p>The aftermath of shelling in Kherson</p>

Comment

We cannot abandon Ukrainians with disabilities suffering during war

<p>An elderly disabled man sits on a bed as residents of a building, partially destroyed after shelling in Kharkiv</p>

Analysis

People with disabilities face brutal war conditions. We need change

<p>People with disabilities face some of the most brutal conditions during war </p>

Hundreds of Ukrainians with disabilities vanished into Russia

A new special investigation unveils how Russia is feared to have transferred hundreds if not thousands of people with disabilities