In brief
Dmytro Lubinets says children were among those taken and has sought information on their whereabouts and their return to Ukraine.
Russian troops removed 25 civilians, including children, from the occupied part of Ukraine's Kharkiv region, Ukrainian human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said, according to RBC-Ukraine's October 9 report.
Lubinets said their whereabouts and living conditions were unknown. He said videos indicated pressure and intimidation and that the civilians had been denied the choice of where to go. RBC-Ukraine's report did not specify when they were taken or how many were children.
The ombudsman said he had asked his Russian counterpart for the identities of all 25 civilians, their locations and information about their conditions, and requested steps to return them to Ukraine. He also said he had contacted the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations and other international organisations.
Lubinets warned people against sharing passport details, addresses, telephone numbers or documents through a Telegram bot set up by Russian occupation authorities for what they called evacuation. He said the information could be used against them and their relatives.