with tanks and soldiers. this was the day many analysts thought vladimir putin was keen to present to russians with a victory of his own, and perhaps he still will but at the same time, he has been preparing his people for the idea, the possibility that his special military operation in ukraine might go on a bit longer than expected and for that, as far as brad may putin is concerned, there is only one place, one set of people to blame and that is the west. the government here in ukraine says more than 500,000 of its civilians have been forcibly deported to russia, including 120,000 children. moscow claims they are willingly moving to russia. our correspondent yogita limaye has been hearing from families of some of those taken captive by russian forces and civilians who ve been returned from russia on prisoner exchanges, who all deny those claims by russia.
it also pointed to the impact of an apple software update last year that lets people choose whether or not they want to be tracked around the internet by firms like meta who can sell that information to advertisers. overall, the results, though, had investors hitting the like button with meta s share price rising sharply. let s return to the conflict in ukraine, where the government has told the un that more than 500,000 of its civilians have been forcibly deported to russia, including 120,000 children. the kremlin says ukrainians are willingly moving to russia. but the bbc has heard from the families of some of those taken captive by russian forces, and civilians who ve been returned from russia on prisoner exchanges, who refute these claims. yogita limaye reports. still in disbelief that he is back home. this red cross volunteer was deported to russia, captured as he
to russia, including 120,000 children. the kremlin says ukrainians are willingly moving to russia. but the bbc has heard from families of some of those taken captive by russian forces, and civilians who ve been returned from russia on prisoner exchanges, who deny those claims. yogita limaye reports. still in disbelief that he is back home. thus cross volunteer was deported to russia, captured as he was evacuating people from war hit areas near kyiv. translation: we were areas near kyiv. translation: - were beaten with rifles, punched and kicked. they blindfolded us and tied our hands with tape. the used tasers and kept asking for information about the military. after six days in a crowded basement in ukraine, we were taken to belarus. they thought
deported to russia including 120,000 children. the kremlin says ukrainians are willingly moving to russia but the bbc has had the ukrainian government has told the un that more than 500,000 of its civilians have been forcibly deported to russia, including 120,000 children. the kremlin says ukrainians are willingly moving to russia. but the bbc has heard from the families of some of those taken captive by russian forces, and civilians who ve been returned from russia on prisoner exchanges, who refute these claims. yogita limaye reports. still in disbelief that he is back home. this red cross volunteer was deported to russia, captured as he was evacuating people from war hit areas near kyiv. translation: we were beaten j with rifles, punched and kicked. they blindfolded us and tied our hands with tape. they used tasers and kept asking for information about the military. after six days in a crowded basement in ukraine, we were taken to belarus. they thought we couldn t see, but i saw our