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Brazil's electoral court fined parties in outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro's government Wednesday after they challenged his presidential election loss to leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva last month.

Details: Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who heads the electoral court, rejected the challenge and issued a fine totaling 22.9 million reais ($4.27 million) for "bad faith litigation" and ruled government funds for the Liberal Party coalition must be suspended until the penalty is paid, per Reuters.

The big picture: Lula won the Oct. 30 runoff by a slim margin in a stunning political comeback for the former president, who was sidelined during the previous presidential election because of corruption convictions. 

What he's saying: "The complete bad faith of the plaintiff’s bizarre and illicit request ... was proven, both by the refusal to add to the initial petition and the total absence of any evidence of irregularities and the existence of a totally fraudulent narrative of the facts," wrote de Moraes in his ruling, according to AP.

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appears to make a statement for the first time since Sunday's presidential run-off election, at Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, on November 1.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at Alvorada Palace in Brasilia on Nov. 1. Photo: Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images

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Brazil&#x27;s electoral court fined parties in outgoing <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="President Jair Bolsonaro&#x27;s" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/01/bolsonaro-speaks-after-election-loss" data-vars-content-id="1e4a4988-ad84-4417-8d21-75bac5482809" data-vars-headline="Brazil court fines Bolsonaro allies over $4M for &quot;bad faith&quot; election challenge" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/01/bolsonaro-speaks-after-election-loss" target="_self">President Jair Bolsonaro&#x27;s</a> government Wednesday after they challenged his presidential election loss to leftist leader <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/16/lula-cop27-declares-brazil-back-on-climate-action" data-vars-content-id="1e4a4988-ad84-4417-8d21-75bac5482809" data-vars-headline="Brazil court fines Bolsonaro allies over $4M for &quot;bad faith&quot; election challenge" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/16/lula-cop27-declares-brazil-back-on-climate-action" target="_self">Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva</a> last month.Details: Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who heads the electoral court, rejected the challenge and issued a fine totaling 22.9 million reais ($4.27 million) for &quot;bad faith litigation&quot; and ruled government funds for the Liberal Party coalition must be suspended until the penalty is paid, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="per Reuters" data-vars-click-url="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-electoral-court-rejects-bolsonaro-election-challenge-2022-11-23/" data-vars-content-id="1e4a4988-ad84-4417-8d21-75bac5482809" data-vars-headline="Brazil court fines Bolsonaro allies over $4M for &quot;bad faith&quot; election challenge" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-electoral-court-rejects-bolsonaro-election-challenge-2022-11-23/" target="_blank">per Reuters</a>.

China is becoming the most formidable rival America has faced, and the risk of confrontation with Russia, North Korea or Iran still looms. Authoritarians are rising, the chaotic Afghanistan exit revealed the limits of U.S. power, and the pandemic, climate change and other critical challenges continue to pose grave threats.

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President Biden has made the COVID-19 crisis and a post-Trump return to national unity and traditional democratic ideals his top priorities. From vaccinations to stimulus to schools, Biden is seeking bipartisan compromise while showing a willingness to use executive authority and bare Democratic majorities in the U.S. House and Senate to implement his policies. Republican leaders are navigating deep party divisions over if and how to move beyond former President Trump.

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The co-owner of Club Q said last weekend's mass shooting at the Colorado Springs nightclub shows LGBTQ people now face a different kind of hate.

Driving the news: Nic Grzecka told AP in an interview published Thursday evening he believes the fact that the shooting that killed five people and wounded 17 others happened during a drag queen event is significant due to some conservative politicians and activists "[l]ying about our community."

What he's saying: "It's different to walk down the street holding my boyfriend’s hand and getting spit at [as opposed to] a politician relating a drag queen to a groomer of their children," Grzecka said. "I would rather be spit on in the street than the hate get as bad as where we are today."

Context: Grzecka noted to AP that some conservatives have created false narratives on the LGBTQ community when they have spoken of the sexualization' or "grooming" of children.

Zoom in: Following the Republican-led passage of  Florida's Parental Rights in Education law, dubbed by critics as the "Don't Say Gay," law, a Human Rights Campaign report found discriminatory and inflamatory words used online, such as "grooming," surged by over 400% across social media platforms.

Meanwhile, opponents of gender-affirming care have falsely said children are getting genital surgeries, which has snowballed into the far-right claiming that  "grooming" is happening, said Jack Turban, incoming assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco, to Axios.

The bottom line: "Lying about our community, and making them into something they are not, creates a different type of hate," Grzecka told AP.

For the record: The suspect faces hate crimes charges and has yet to publicly comment on or enter a plea over the shooting.

Go deeper: Club Q a "haven" for Colorado Springs LGBTQ community

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Club Q co-owner: Shooting shows LGBTQ people face "different type of hate"

Nic Grzecka told AP the fact it happened during a drag queen event has ties to lies about the LGBTQ community.

Club Q co-owners Nic Grzecka (R) and Matthew Haynes listen to speakers during a press conference at the Police Operations Center on November 21, 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

Club Q co-owners Matthew Haynes (L) and Nic Grzecka at the Police Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Nov. 21. Photo:  Scott Olson/Getty Images

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The co-owner of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Club Q" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/20/colorado-springs-shooting-lgbtq-club-q" data-vars-content-id="24689124-cc77-4c07-865c-880dabe56a98" data-vars-headline="Club Q co-owner: Shooting shows LGBTQ people face &quot;different type of hate&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/20/colorado-springs-shooting-lgbtq-club-q" target="_self">Club Q</a> said last weekend&#x27;s mass shooting at the Colorado Springs nightclub shows LGBTQ people now face a different kind of hate.Driving the news: Nic Grzecka <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="told AP" data-vars-click-url="https://apnews.com/article/business-crime-shootings-colorado-springs-774c94125cbad7cf05af2c99b81d42cc?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=TopNews&amp;utm_campaign=position_03" data-vars-content-id="24689124-cc77-4c07-865c-880dabe56a98" data-vars-headline="Club Q co-owner: Shooting shows LGBTQ people face &quot;different type of hate&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://apnews.com/article/business-crime-shootings-colorado-springs-774c94125cbad7cf05af2c99b81d42cc?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=TopNews&amp;utm_campaign=position_03" target="_blank">told AP</a> in an interview published Thursday evening he believes the fact that the shooting that <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="killed five people" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/22/club-q-victims-identified-as-more-details-emerge" data-vars-content-id="24689124-cc77-4c07-865c-880dabe56a98" data-vars-headline="Club Q co-owner: Shooting shows LGBTQ people face &quot;different type of hate&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/22/club-q-victims-identified-as-more-details-emerge" target="_self">killed five people</a> and wounded 17 others happened during a drag queen event is significant due to some <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="conservative politicians" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/03/03/culture-war-around-care-for-transgender-kids-heats-up" data-vars-content-id="24689124-cc77-4c07-865c-880dabe56a98" data-vars-headline="Club Q co-owner: Shooting shows LGBTQ people face &quot;different type of hate&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/03/03/culture-war-around-care-for-transgender-kids-heats-up" target="_self">conservative politicians</a> and activists &quot;[l]ying about our community.&quot;

China has recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, as Beijing authorities lock down more areas this week — including parts of the central city Zhengzhou, where Apple's main iPhone factory is located.

The latest: China hit a new daily record for a second straight day on Friday as authorities moved to enforce restrictions in an attempt to control outbreaks across the country, per Reuters.

State of play: Beijing eased some pandemic measures earlier this month, including reducing quarantine periods, in an attempt to cause less disruption to the world's second-largest economy.

However, authorities are now moving to cordon off major cities "block by block" and introducing other curbs while conducting mass testing in an attempt to curb surging COVID cases, Bloomberg reports.

It's triggered panic-buying in parts of Beijing, and grocery stores the capital's largest district, Chaoyang, have stopped accepting orders due to delivery apps being inundated with requests, according to Bloomberg.

Meanwhile, some 6.6 million Zhengzhou residents were affected by five-day stay-at-home orders that began Thursday — including the area where Apple manufacturer Foxconn's factory is located and where police in hazmat suits clashed with workers following a pay dispute Tuesday and Wednesday, AP reports. 

Of note: Chinese President Xi Jinping's zero-COVID policy has already increased wait times for Apple's newest iPhone 14 Pro models as fresh restrictions in China hamper production during the tech giant's most crucial time of the year, the holiday quarter, Axios' Hope King writes.

Foxconn issued a statement earlier this month that it was "operating at significantly reduced capacity."

By the numbers: China's National Health Commission said Thursday 31,454 local COVID cases were recorded within the past 24 hours.

That broke the previous record set in April when financial hub Shanghai was on lockdown when 29,390 COVID cases were recorded, AFP notes.

On Friday, Reuters reports that the NHC recorded 32,695 domestic infections.

The big picture: Nearly three years into the pandemic, China is the last major economy to have retained the strategy of trying to keep out the virus by imposing strict measures such as lockdowns and quarantines.

Outbreaks of defiance from citizens against the sustained strict measures first emerged earlier this year, with spasmodic protests erupting in the face of food shortages, family separations and lost wages from lockdowns.

It's also impacted the country's economy, along with global business, though China's gross domestic product grew 3.9% from a year earlier in the third quarter of the year.

Yes, but: Activity is slumping and growth is set to fall far short of the ruling Chinese Communist Party's 5.5% target, AP notes.

Go deeper: China's shifting economic storyline

Editor's note: This article has been updated with new details throughout.

China locks down key iPhone city as daily COVID cases hit record high

Chinese President Xi Jinping's zero-COVID policy is hampering iPhone production.

A cashier in PPE works in a supermarket in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province Friday, Nov. 11.

A cashier in PPE works in a supermarket in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province Friday, Nov. 11. Photo: Yu Hongen/Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images

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<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="China" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/world/china" data-vars-content-id="857c31c3-e4e5-4eb5-8232-3d3da729b4bd" data-vars-headline="China locks down key iPhone city as daily COVID cases hit record high" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/world/china" target="_self">China</a> has recorded the highest number of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="COVID-19" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/health/coronavirus" data-vars-content-id="857c31c3-e4e5-4eb5-8232-3d3da729b4bd" data-vars-headline="China locks down key iPhone city as daily COVID cases hit record high" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/health/coronavirus" target="_self">COVID-19</a> cases since the pandemic began, as Beijing authorities lock down more areas this week — including parts of the central city Zhengzhou, where Apple&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="main iPhone factory" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/06/apple-iphone-pro-production-shipments-slow-china-covidhttps://www.axios.com/2022/11/06/apple-iphone-pro-production-shipments-slow-china-covid" data-vars-content-id="857c31c3-e4e5-4eb5-8232-3d3da729b4bd" data-vars-headline="China locks down key iPhone city as daily COVID cases hit record high" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/06/apple-iphone-pro-production-shipments-slow-china-covidhttps://www.axios.com/2022/11/06/apple-iphone-pro-production-shipments-slow-china-covid" target="_self">main iPhone factory</a> is located.The latest: China hit a new daily record for a second straight day on Friday as authorities moved to enforce restrictions in an attempt to control outbreaks across the country, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="per Reuters" data-vars-click-url="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-reports-32943-new-covid-cases-nov-24-vs-31656-day-earlier-2022-11-25/" data-vars-content-id="857c31c3-e4e5-4eb5-8232-3d3da729b4bd" data-vars-headline="China locks down key iPhone city as daily COVID cases hit record high" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-reports-32943-new-covid-cases-nov-24-vs-31656-day-earlier-2022-11-25/" target="_blank">per Reuters</a>.

After a record economic expansion, the coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy into a recession as unemployment soared to staggering heights. The country now faces urgent questions about how much stimulus is needed for reeling consumers and businesses, and what a recovery might look like.

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Elon Musk announced Thursday a "general amnesty" for suspended Twitter accounts from next week, "provided that they have not broken the law" or engaged in "egregious spam."

Why it matters: Online monitoring groups have reported a rise in racism, anti-Semitism and other hate speech on Twitter since free speech advocate Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company last month, though the billionaire said Thursday it has declined.

A screenshot of an Elon Musk tweet saying "the people have spoken" after his unscientific poll results showed most who voted wanted an amnesty for suspended Twitter accounts.

Activists warn the situation would get much worse if people like former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke were welcomed back following permanent bans for hate speech.

Driving the news: Musk tweeted his decision after 72.4% of over 3.1 million voters backed the amnesty in an online poll, which AP notes is an unscientific method that's vulnerable to the influence of bots.

It comes days after Musk reinstated the Twitter accounts of prominent users including former President Trump, who was banned in 2021 following the U.S. Capitol riot, and Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, whose page was restricted last month due to antisemitic tweets.

What they're saying: "Superspreaders of hate, abuse and harassment will be the only people to benefit from this latest decision by Twitter," said Imran Ahmed, CEO of campaign group the Center for Countering Digital Hate, to the Guardian.

"The choice for advertisers has never been starker: stick around and back Elon Musk, or protect their brands and ensure their marketing dollars aren’t used to enable the spread of hate, abuse and disinformation."

Hopewell Chin'ono, an award-winning Zimbabwean journalist, tweeted that the move would be "a major disaster especially in Africa where State sponsored Ghost accounts were suspended for endangering human rights activists & journalists!"

"You would have allowed vile people to put our lives in danger as journalists! You will have blood on your hands @elonmusk," added Chin'ono in a warning ahead of the poll closing.

Between the lines: Alejandra Caraballo, clinical instructor at Harvard Law's cyberlaw clinic, told the Washington Post that Musk's planned action was "existentially dangerous" for marginalized communities.

"It's like opening the gates of hell in terms of the havoc it will cause," Caraballo said.

"People who engaged in direct targeted harassment can come back and engage in doxing, targeted harassment, vicious bullying, calls for violence, celebration of violence. I can’t even begin to state how dangerous this will be."

Caraballo said Apple and Google should seriously consider "booting Twitter off the app store."

The big picture: Groups like the Center for Countering Digital Hate have reported a rise in racism on Twitter since Musk took over, including research indicating it failed to act on "99% of racist abuse" of soccer players in the leadup to the men's World Cup in Qatar.

Many advertisers have slowed or paused their purchases on the platform or left altogether. Musk blamed Twitter's "massive drop in revenue" this month on "activist groups pressuring advertisers."

Meanwhile, a European Union report published on Thursday found Twitter removed 45.4% of hate speech tweets it was notified about from March to May, down from 49.8% for the same period the previous year.

Between the lines: Though this was before Musk took over Twitter, his new policy could put it on a collision course with the EU — where laws like the Digital Services Act put more responsibility on platforms to police and remove content deemed illegal, such as hate speech, with fines for failure to comply.

Worth noting: Musk pledged to concerned advertisers after taking over Twitter that the platform would not become a "free-for-all hellscape" and tweeted Thursday that hate speech had declined on the site following a "spike."

"I have half a mind to wag my finger at the 1500 accounts that caused the spike, but I shall forebear," he said.

Musk said last week he'd deemphasize "hate" or "negative" tweets while also having previously suspended accounts reinstated.

The intrigue: While Musk had yet to indicate which banned users may be affected by the planned amnesty, he last week flatly ruled out reinstating the Twitter account of far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

A screenshot of a tweet by Elon Musk saying hate speech has declined.

Go deeper: Rivals see opening in Twitter's chaos

Editor's note: This article has been updated with more comment from Musk, details of the EU report and further context. 

Musk's Twitter "amnesty" plan for suspended accounts alarms activists

"You will have blood on your hands @elonmusk," said award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono.

Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10.

Elon Musk gestures during a February event near Boca Chica Village, Texas. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

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<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Elon Musk" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/economy-business/elon-musk" data-vars-content-id="d1e02ff7-dab8-4da4-bf70-7f40dd62bbbe" data-vars-headline="Musk&#x27;s Twitter &quot;amnesty&quot; plan for suspended accounts alarms activists" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/economy-business/elon-musk" target="_self">Elon Musk</a> announced Thursday a &quot;general amnesty&quot; for suspended Twitter accounts from next week, &quot;provided that they have not broken the law&quot; or engaged in &quot;egregious spam.&quot;Why it matters: Online monitoring groups have reported a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="rise in racism" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/12/elon-musk-twitter-racist-tweets-data" data-vars-content-id="d1e02ff7-dab8-4da4-bf70-7f40dd62bbbe" data-vars-headline="Musk&#x27;s Twitter &quot;amnesty&quot; plan for suspended accounts alarms activists" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/12/elon-musk-twitter-racist-tweets-data" target="_self">rise in racism</a>, anti-Semitism and other hate speech on Twitter since <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="free speech advocate" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/07/twitter-permanen-ban-impersonators-musk-says" data-vars-content-id="d1e02ff7-dab8-4da4-bf70-7f40dd62bbbe" data-vars-headline="Musk&#x27;s Twitter &quot;amnesty&quot; plan for suspended accounts alarms activists" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/07/twitter-permanen-ban-impersonators-musk-says" target="_self">free speech advocate</a> Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company last month, though the billionaire <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="said" data-vars-click-url="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595630109116989440" data-vars-content-id="d1e02ff7-dab8-4da4-bf70-7f40dd62bbbe" data-vars-headline="Musk&#x27;s Twitter &quot;amnesty&quot; plan for suspended accounts alarms activists" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595630109116989440" target="_blank">said</a> Thursday it has declined.

From the Valley to D.C., Big Tech players like Facebook, Google and Amazon are under more scrutiny than ever as new technology develops and privacy and antitrust concerns grow in lockstep with companies’ ambitions.

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More than 15,000 people have gone missing in Ukraine since Russian forces launched their invasion, an official in the Kyiv office of the Hague-based International Commission on Missing Persons said Thursday.

The big picture: Matthew Holliday, the ICMP's program director for Europe, told Reuters the numbers were conservative and it wasn't clear how many of those missing had been "forcibly transferred," detained in Russia, separated from their families or had "died and been buried in makeshift graves."

The announcement by the ICMP, which was created following the Balkan wars of the 1990s, came as Ukraine's government said on Telegram officials had found 50 different locations of mass graves in the recently liberated areas of Mykolaiv and Kherson.

What they're saying: "The numbers are huge and the challenges that Ukraine faces are vast. Besides which they're fighting an ongoing war as well against the Russian Federation," Holliday said to Reuters.

"The vast majority of missing persons, those deceased, are victims of war crimes, and the perpetrators need to be held responsible."

What we're watching: The ICMP in Kyiv is increasing the capacity of its collection of data and DNA samples in an attempt to secure matches with family members. 

The group's director-general Kathryne Bomberger said in May it "will make it possible to reunite families and will facilitate the prosecution of those accused of war crimes and other human rights violations."

It builds on the process ICMP officials used to account for over 27,000 of the 40,000 reported missing persons during the Balkan wars and is expected take years.

Go deeper: What counts as a war crime and why they're so hard to prosecute

At least 15,000 missing due to Russian war on Ukraine, official says

"The vast majority of missing persons, those deceased, are victims of war crimes," official told Reuters.

A man looks at smoke rising from a Russian strike in the Kherson ship yards on November 24, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine.

Smoke rising from a Russian strike in the ship yards of Kherson, Ukraine, on Thursday. Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

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More than 15,000 people have gone missing <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="in Ukraine" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/world/axios-explains-ukraine" data-vars-content-id="d43f74b2-6581-41d2-a7db-6d7588b77664" data-vars-headline="At least 15,000 missing due to Russian war on Ukraine, official says" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/world/axios-explains-ukraine" target="_self">in Ukraine</a> since Russian forces launched their invasion, an official in the Kyiv office of the Hague-based International Commission on Missing Persons said Thursday.The big picture: Matthew Holliday, the ICMP&#x27;s program director for Europe, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="told Reuters" data-vars-click-url="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/more-than-15000-people-missing-war-ukraine-says-official-2022-11-24/" data-vars-content-id="d43f74b2-6581-41d2-a7db-6d7588b77664" data-vars-headline="At least 15,000 missing due to Russian war on Ukraine, official says" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/more-than-15000-people-missing-war-ukraine-says-official-2022-11-24/" target="_blank">told Reuters</a> the numbers were conservative and it wasn&#x27;t clear how many of those missing had been &quot;forcibly transferred,&quot; detained in Russia, separated from their families or had &quot;died and been buried in makeshift graves.&quot;

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