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The number of people sought by their families through the International Committee of the Red Cross in connection with the Russia-Ukraine conflict has reached 266,000, according to official figures provided by the organization.
The total covers missing people from both sides of the conflict. The ICRC said that by the end of July, families who had contacted the organization were searching for 266,000 people, including both military personnel and civilians.
To handle such cases, the ICRC opened a dedicated bureau of its Central Tracing Agency in Geneva in March 2022. The office focuses on cases linked to the international conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
The agency acts as a neutral intermediary between the parties. Its staff collect and organize information about servicemen and civilians whose fate remains unknown or who have been separated from their relatives, and then provide available information to the relevant parties.
The ICRC previously declined to publicly discuss the fate of about 300 civilians who went missing after the Ukrainian Armed Forces entered Russia’s Kursk region in 2024. The organization said it does not comment publicly on individual missing-person cases.