Everyone at the rally held a poster reading: «The missing are not forgotten!». In support of those searching for their missing loved ones, participants unfurled a 170-metre Ukrainian flag.
«Amid constant corruption scandals, we, like officials, often forget that there is a war in the country. And while some people line their pockets on tenders and procurement, many Ukrainian families are worried about relatives who have gone missing. Ignoring them is cynical and unacceptable. To draw attention to this problem once again, we took to the streets», says the organiser of the rally, head of the Lviv branch of the civic organisation RESISTANCE, Olesia Fedoryshyn.
According to her, official data alone show that at least 70,000 Ukrainian families are searching for missing relatives. Each of them is someone's father, son, husband, beloved...
Unfortunately, the organisers say, for the authorities most of the missing are just numbers, statistics. So for those in high offices to pay attention, society has to «stir up» the country's leadership, which seems to have forgotten about this problem. Because it cannot be «monetised» in any way...
