Ukrainian MP backtracks on his claim displaced Ukrainians return to occupied regions

Source: Ukrinform

Ukrainian MP Maksym Tkachenko backtracked on his earlier claim that “99%” of displaced Ukrainians have to go back to Russian-occupied regions after they have failed to fit in in the places where they found refuge.

On Monday, the lawmaker admitted his judgement was inaccurate: “There is no such data. It was an unjustified and emotional assumption on my part,” Tkachenko clarified.

He acknowledged that while some individuals do travel to occupied areas for various reasons, there is no verified statistic to suggest “hundreds or tens of thousands” of such cases.

Earlier this month, the MP argued that some 150,000 displaced Ukrainians had returned to occupied territories, including 70,000 to Mariupol alone as they had a hard time finding a job or were offered low-paid positions.