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More than 7,000 Ukrainian servicemen are considered missing

More than 7,000 Ukrainian servicemen are currently considered missing, according to a Ukrainian official, Hotnews.ro reports.

Oleh Kotenko, the commissioner for missing persons, said the figure includes both the dead and the captured.

He said about 60-65% of missing persons usually turn out to be in captivity, while the rest might not be alive.

"We hope that those people we are looking for as missing persons are indeed captured (and not dead)," Kotenko said on television, as quoted by Ukrainian news outlet New Voice.

Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion last February, Ukraine has brought back 2,235 prisoners of war from Russian captivity, President Volodimir Zelenski said.

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