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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Daphne Psaledakis

U.S. report says hundreds were detained, missing in Ukraine's Kherson

A girl sits next to a humanitarian aid distribution point in central Kherson, Ukraine November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Hundreds of people were detained or went missing in Ukraine's Kherson region while it was under Russian control this year, and dozens may have been tortured, Yale University researchers have concluded in a report backed by the U.S. State Department.

"Russia must halt these operations and withdraw its forces to end a needless war that it cannot and will not win – no matter how despicable and desperate its tactics," the State Department said in a statement on the report. 

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