‘Save the children at any cost’: How Ukrainians kept orphans from being sent to Russia
2 years, 3 months ago

‘Save the children at any cost’: How Ukrainians kept orphans from being sent to Russia

LA Times  

Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, staff members at a children’s hospital in the south started secretly planning how to save the babies. At least 1,000 children were seized from schools and orphanages in the Kherson region during Russia’s eight-month occupation of the area, before Ukraine recaptured it in November, local authorities say. Ukrainian local and national security and law enforcement are looking for the children who were moved, but they still don’t know what happened to them, said Galina Lugova, head of Kherson’s military administration. In July, the Russians brought 15 children from the front lines in the nearby region of Mykolaiv to Sahaidak’s rehabilitation center and then moved them on to Russia, he said.

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No peace deal until you return our thousands of abducted children, Ukraine tells the Kremlin
2 days, 5 hours ago

No peace deal until you return our thousands of abducted children, Ukraine tells the Kremlin

Daily Mail  

Kyiv has told the Kremlin that there will be no peace unless Russia returns thousands of abducted children, a Ukrainian government adviser has revealed. Meanwhile, a joint statement from the US and the Ukraine following the talks in Saudi Arabia said that Washington was: 'committed to helping achieve the exchange of prisoners of war, the release of civilian detainees, and …

Ukraine says it has brought back 12 children taken by Russia
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine says it has brought back 12 children taken by Russia

The Hindu  

“Ukraine has brought home 12 children who were forcefully taken by Russia,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff said. “As part of the initiative of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back UA, it was possible to return home 12 children who were under the pressure of the Russian occupation,” Andriy Yermak wrote on his Telegram messaging app late …

Zelenskyy's 'Bring Kids Back' initiative successfully repatriates 12 youngsters
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Zelenskyy's 'Bring Kids Back' initiative successfully repatriates 12 youngsters

Firstpost  

According to the initiative’s mission, Zelenskyy’s Bring Kids Back UA effort aims to repatriate all children who were forcibly removed from Ukraine Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak. Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said late Monday that Ukraine brought back 12 children who had been forcibly abducted by Russia. “As …

Home Office U-turn allows Ukrainian refugees to bring children to UK after families separated
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Home Office U-turn allows Ukrainian refugees to bring children to UK after families separated

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Home Office has reversed “catastrophic” changes to the Homes …

Revealed: Desperate Ukrainians resorting to illegal routes and ‘rogue advisers’ to bring children to UK
2 months ago

Revealed: Desperate Ukrainians resorting to illegal routes and ‘rogue advisers’ to bring children to UK

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Desperate Ukrainian families are resorting to illegal routes and “rogue advisers” …

Russia’s forced relocation of Ukraine’s 314 children: Yale’s investigation uncovers disturbing details
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia’s forced relocation of Ukraine’s 314 children: Yale’s investigation uncovers disturbing details

Live Mint  

A report released by Yale’s School of Public Health, first shared with Reuters, reveals a disturbing Russian-led program that forcibly took Ukrainian children from occupied territories, stripped them of their Ukrainian identity, and placed them with Russian families. Lead researcher Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director of Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab, stated, the Reuters report said, that the evidence could further support …

Putin-controlled aircraft, state funds used to 'Russify' Ukrainian children, alleges US-backed research
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin-controlled aircraft, state funds used to 'Russify' Ukrainian children, alleges US-backed research

Firstpost  

The US State Department-backed research, published on Tuesday, identified 314 Ukrainian children taken to Russia in the early months of the war in Ukraine as part of what it says was a systematic, Kremlin-funded programme to “Russify” them Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova in Moscow, Russia, on May 31, 2024. In March …

Putin's planes took Ukrainian kids into 'coerced' Russian adoption, a Yale report says
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin's planes took Ukrainian kids into 'coerced' Russian adoption, a Yale report says

NPR  

Putin's planes took Ukrainian kids into 'coerced' Russian adoption, a Yale report says toggle caption Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik via Reuters KYIV, Ukraine — Russia's president and senior Kremlin officials have financed and facilitated the transport of at least 314 Ukrainian children in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into coerced foster care and adoptions since the 2022 invasion, according to a new investigation …

Russia and Ukraine to exchange more children after Qatar-brokered deal
4 months ago

Russia and Ukraine to exchange more children after Qatar-brokered deal

Al Jazeera  

Nine children to be returned to their families in Russia and Ukraine in the latest humanitarian exchange. Russian Commissioner for Children, Maria Lvova-Belova, told reporters on Thursday that seven children, aged six to 16, will be sent from Russia to live with close relatives in Ukraine. قطر تعلن عن نجاح وساطتها في لم شمل دفعة جديدة من الأطفال مع عائلاتهم …

Russia-Ukraine war: What invasion has cost Kyiv as war reaches 1,000th day
4 months, 1 week ago

Russia-Ukraine war: What invasion has cost Kyiv as war reaches 1,000th day

India TV News  

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine reaches its 1,000th day on Tuesday, a grim milestone in Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two. Human toll As of August 31, 2024 the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine had documented at least 11,743 civilians killed and 24,614 wounded in Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. Soldiers bloody death toll …

Ukrainian mother’s desperate plea for children to join her in UK after Home Office refusal
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukrainian mother’s desperate plea for children to join her in UK after Home Office refusal

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Charities say that the Home Office’s “restrictive rules and poor decision-making” are “tearing families …

As Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital is hit, anger towards Russia rages
8 months, 3 weeks ago

As Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital is hit, anger towards Russia rages

Al Jazeera  

Moscow denies targeting the civilian site as its forces bombard cities across the country, killing more than 30 people. “The statements by the regime in Kyiv about Russia’s allegedly deliberate missile strike on civilian sites are absolutely unreal,” the Russian Ministry of Defence said in a statement. “Multiple photos and video footage from Kyiv undoubtedly confirm the fact of destruction …

Agony of Ukrainian parents trapped in Russian territory who are forced to choose one child to hand over to Putin's 'summer camps' or face losing them all, writes IAN BIRRELL
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Agony of Ukrainian parents trapped in Russian territory who are forced to choose one child to hand over to Putin's 'summer camps' or face losing them all, writes IAN BIRRELL

Daily Mail  

Russia is using a chilling tactic against Ukrainians trapped in occupied territories by demanding a 'tax' from parents that involves handing over one of their children. Daria Herasymchuk, Ukraine's presidential commissioner for children's rights and rehabilitation, says Moscow is locking up captured children for almost a year in 'so-called summer camps' that include industrial-style buildings without windows. Avaaz members and …

Will Putin send Russian children to North Korean summer camps?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Will Putin send Russian children to North Korean summer camps?

Daily Mail  

Vladimir Putin will reportedly send Russian children to a summer camp in North Korea where they are expected to polish statues of leaders and undergo enforced exercise. The plans were announced by Grigory Gurov, the head of Putin's Movement of the First Youth organization, despite objections by Russian parents worried about sending their children to North Korea, according to the …

Kidnapped, abused, humiliated – the Ukrainian children stolen by Russia
9 months, 1 week ago

Kidnapped, abused, humiliated – the Ukrainian children stolen by Russia

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s human rights commissioner tasked with negotiating …

We rescue Ukrainian children from Russia and see the trauma they suffer
9 months, 1 week ago

We rescue Ukrainian children from Russia and see the trauma they suffer

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Since 2014, 20 per cent of Ukrainian children have …

Russia returns six children to Ukraine in Qatar-brokered deal: State media
10 months, 1 week ago

Russia returns six children to Ukraine in Qatar-brokered deal: State media

Al Jazeera  

Boys aged between six and 17 latest to be handed over since start of Qatari mediation efforts last year. Russia has returned six children displaced by the war in Ukraine in a deal brokered by Qatar, according to Russian state media. TASS news agency published a video on Wednesday showing Qatar’s ambassador shaking hands with the children – all male …

Russia told Ukrainians with disabilities they were visiting the seaside - but they were kidnapped and disappeared
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia told Ukrainians with disabilities they were visiting the seaside - but they were kidnapped and disappeared

The Independent  

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Russia says it will evacuate 9,000 children from a border region being targeted by Ukraine
1 year ago

Russia says it will evacuate 9,000 children from a border region being targeted by Ukraine

Associated Press  

Russia plans to evacuate about 9,000 children from a border region because it is being shelled continuously by Ukraine, an official said Tuesday, reflecting Kyiv’s increasing focus on striking targets behind a front line that has barely shifted in recent months. The children will be moved from the Belgorod region farther east, away from the Ukraine border, said the region’s …

Russia says it will evacuate children from Belgorod after Ukraine shelling
1 year ago

Russia says it will evacuate children from Belgorod after Ukraine shelling

Al Jazeera  

The Kremlin says it aims to create a buffer zone to protect civilians against long-range strikes and cross-border raids. The children will be moved from the Belgorod region farther east, away from the Ukraine border, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Tuesday. The announcement came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin wants to create a buffer …

UN committee urges Russia to end ‘forcible transfer’ of Ukrainian children
1 year, 1 month ago

UN committee urges Russia to end ‘forcible transfer’ of Ukrainian children

Al Jazeera  

Kyiv claims 20,000 children have been taken from Ukraine to Russia without families’ or guardians’ consent. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has urged Russia to end the forcible transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine and return them to their families. They expressed concern at the impact that Russia’s war in Ukraine is having …

Belarus sends children from occupied Ukraine for training with Belarusian army
1 year, 2 months ago

Belarus sends children from occupied Ukraine for training with Belarusian army

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus state television reported Wednesday that authorities sent a recently arrived group of Ukrainian children from occupied Ukraine to train with the Belarusian military to learn how to evacuate in the event of a fire. Wednesday’s report referred to 35 children from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Antratsyt in eastern Ukraine that Belarusian authorities said were sent …

More Ukrainian children from Ukraine’s Russia-held regions arrive in Belarus despite global outrage
1 year, 3 months ago

More Ukrainian children from Ukraine’s Russia-held regions arrive in Belarus despite global outrage

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus’ authoritarian president on Thursday attended a government-organized meeting with children brought from Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine, openly defying an international outrage over his country’s involvement in Moscow’s deportation of Ukrainian children. Pavel Latushka, a former Belarusian culture minister turned opposition activist who has presented the ICC with evidence of Lukashenko’s alleged involvement in the unlawful deportation …

More Ukrainian children from Ukraine’s Russia-held regions arrive in Belarus despite global outrage
1 year, 3 months ago

More Ukrainian children from Ukraine’s Russia-held regions arrive in Belarus despite global outrage

LA Times  

Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Minsk, Belarus, in November. Belarus’ leader has attended a meeting with children from Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine, defying international outrage over his country’s involvement in Moscow’s deportation of Ukrainian children. Belarus’ authoritarian president on Thursday attended a government-organized meeting with children brought from Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine, openly defying …

Ukraine’s human rights envoy calls for a faster way to bring back children deported by Russia
1 year, 3 months ago

Ukraine’s human rights envoy calls for a faster way to bring back children deported by Russia

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman voiced hope Friday that a coalition of countries formed to facilitate the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported by Russia will be able to come up with a faster mechanism to repatriate them. Judges at the ICC said they found “reasonable grounds to believe” the two were responsible for war crimes, including the …

Russian lawmaker disputes report saying he adopted a child taken from a Ukrainian children’s home
1 year, 4 months ago

Russian lawmaker disputes report saying he adopted a child taken from a Ukrainian children’s home

Associated Press  

LONDON — A Russian lawmaker and staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin has denied media allegations that he adopted a missing 2-year-old girl who was removed from a Ukrainian children’s home and changed her name in Russia. Sergey Mironov, 70, the leader of political party A Just Russia, asserted on social media that the Ukrainian security services and their Western …

Russian lawmaker disputes report saying he adopted a child taken from a Ukrainian children's home
1 year, 4 months ago

Russian lawmaker disputes report saying he adopted a child taken from a Ukrainian children's home

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Russian lawmaker and staunch …

Russian lawmaker disputes reports that he adopted a child taken from Ukraine
1 year, 4 months ago

Russian lawmaker disputes reports that he adopted a child taken from Ukraine

LA Times  

Russian political party leader Sergey Mironov, 70, right, shown meeting with President Vladimir Putin in February, denied media reports that he adopted a 2-year-old girl who had been taken from a Ukrainian children’s home and changed her name. A Russian lawmaker and staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin has denied media allegations that he adopted a missing 2-year-old girl who …

45,000 women prisoners in Putin's jails should be freed temporarily to get pregnant and reverse Russia's falling birth rate, Kremlin lawmaker says
1 year, 4 months ago

45,000 women prisoners in Putin's jails should be freed temporarily to get pregnant and reverse Russia's falling birth rate, Kremlin lawmaker says

Daily Mail  

He compared the proposals to male prisoners joining the fight in Ukraine Some 45,000 female inmates in squalid Russian prisons should be temporarily freed to find partners and get pregnant in a bid to reverse the falling birth rate, a Russian lawmaker has said. State Duma deputy Valery Seleznev suggested the bizarre measure as Russia endures heavy losses in its …

Qatar-UN mediation returns orphaned Ukrainian teen home after Russia ordeal
1 year, 4 months ago

Qatar-UN mediation returns orphaned Ukrainian teen home after Russia ordeal

Al Jazeera  

Bohdan Yermokhin is one of 20,000 Ukrainian children who were illegally taken to Russia from Ukraine’s occupied regions. An orphaned Ukrainian teenager, who was taken to Russia from occupied regions of the war-torn country, has returned home ahead of his 18th birthday after mediation from the UN and Qatar, avoiding potential conscription in the Russian army. Bohdan Yermokhin was one …

An orphaned teenager who was taken to Russia early in the Ukraine war is back home with relatives
1 year, 4 months ago

An orphaned teenager who was taken to Russia early in the Ukraine war is back home with relatives

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An orphaned Ukrainian teenager who …

More than 2,400 Ukrainian children taken to Belarus, a Yale study finds
1 year, 4 months ago

More than 2,400 Ukrainian children taken to Belarus, a Yale study finds

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 2,400 Ukrainian children …

More than 2,400 Ukrainian children taken to Belarus, a Yale study finds
1 year, 4 months ago

More than 2,400 Ukrainian children taken to Belarus, a Yale study finds

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — More than 2,400 Ukrainian children aged 6-17 have been taken to Belarus from four regions of Ukraine that are partially occupied by Russian forces, a study by Yale University has found. The study, released Thursday by the Humanitarian Research Lab of the Yale School of Public Health, which receives funding from the U.S. State Department, found that …

A teenager taken from occupied Mariupol to Russia will return to Ukraine, officials say
1 year, 4 months ago

A teenager taken from occupied Mariupol to Russia will return to Ukraine, officials say

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Ukrainian and Russian officials on Friday reported reaching an agreement to bring a Ukrainian teenager taken to Russia amid the war last year back to his home country, in accordance with his wishes. Bohdan Yermokhin, a 17-year-old whose parents passed away years ago, will be reunited with a cousin “in a third country” on his 18th birthday …

Ukrainian children repatriated from Russia through Qatari mediation
1 year, 5 months ago

Ukrainian children repatriated from Russia through Qatari mediation

Al Jazeera  

The Gulf country negotiated a mechanism to return Ukrainian children taken by Russians to their families. This first repatriation of Ukrainian children is part of a longer-term mechanism Qatar negotiated with both sides after months of secret talks, according to a Qatari official who spoke to Reuters. “We stand resolute in our commitment to this humanitarian cause and hope that …

Ukraine calls for return of ‘abducted’ children as more arrive in Belarus
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine calls for return of ‘abducted’ children as more arrive in Belarus

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine says more than 19,000 children have been taken illegally by Russia since it began its full-scale invasion. Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska has called on world leaders to help ensure the return of thousands of Ukrainian children forcibly taken by Russia as Belarusian state media published photos of dozens of Ukrainian children arriving in Belarus from Russian-occupied parts of …

Almost 50 children from occupied Ukrainian regions arrive in Belarus, sparking outrage
1 year, 6 months ago

Almost 50 children from occupied Ukrainian regions arrive in Belarus, sparking outrage

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarusian state media reported that 48 children from Ukraine arrived in Belarus on Tuesday from Ukrainian regions which Moscow claims it has annexed. The removal of the children from Ukraine was organized by a Belarusian charity, supported by President Alexander Lukashenko, which has previously organized health recuperation programs for Ukrainian children in Belarus. “The president, despite external …

US sanctions 11 Russians and 2 re-education facilities involved in forced transfer of Ukrainian kids
1 year, 7 months ago

US sanctions 11 Russians and 2 re-education facilities involved in forced transfer of Ukrainian kids

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya told the council that …

Deadly Missile Barrage Targets Ukrainian Cities, Killing 26 including Children
1 year, 11 months ago

Deadly Missile Barrage Targets Ukrainian Cities, Killing 26 including Children

News 18  

Russian strikes battered cities across Ukraine on Friday, killing 26 people including five children, as Kyiv said preparations for a counter-offensive against Moscow’s forces were nearly complete. And add sanctions.” Moscow said it had targeted reserve units of the Ukrainian military and that “all assigned objects were hit.” Moscow-installed officials in eastern Ukraine said that Ukrainian shelling had killed nine …

WATCH: Ukrainian children reunite with families after 'long and difficult' journey from Russian 'summer camps'
1 year, 11 months ago

WATCH: Ukrainian children reunite with families after 'long and difficult' journey from Russian 'summer camps'

Firstpost  

Testimonies from the rescued children highlight the hardships faced by them as they were held in Russia against their will. Russian officials took the children to what they called ‘summer camps’ from occupied parts of Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Kherson regions After the International Criminal Court slapped Russian President Vladimir Putin with an arrest warrant for committing war crimes in Ukraine …

Ukraine children returned from Russia lived 'with rats, cockroaches’: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine children returned from Russia lived 'with rats, cockroaches’: Report

Hindustan Times  

Ukraine children who were “kidnapped” by Russian forces from the regions of Kherson and Kharkiv reunited with their families. The humanitarian organisation Save Ukraine reported that 31 children were reunited with their families in Ukraine this week after a long operation to bring them back from Russia. The children who returned from Russia were ‘living with rats and cockroaches’, Mykola …

31 children back home in Ukraine from Russia amid war | Developments so far
1 year, 11 months ago

31 children back home in Ukraine from Russia amid war | Developments so far

India Today  

Save Ukraine humanitarian organisation on Saturday said that it has rescued 31 children from Russia who were taken during the war. An estimate of nearly 19,500 children has been taken to Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea from Ukraine since Moscow invaded in February last year, in what it condemns as illegal deportations. Volunteers welcome Iryna Hrinchenko, Natalia Rakk and their children, …

‘I cried when I saw my mom’: Ukrainian children on return to Kyiv after time in Russian hands
1 year, 11 months ago

‘I cried when I saw my mom’: Ukrainian children on return to Kyiv after time in Russian hands

CNN  

Kyiv CNN — A group of 31 Ukrainian children have been reunited with their families months after they were taken from their homes and moved to Russian-occupied territories. When you see tears of joy on the faces of young Ukrainians, you realize that it is not all in vain,” Save Ukraine founder Mykola Kuleba said in a press conference earlier …

Ukraine brings back 31 children from Russia amid war
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine brings back 31 children from Russia amid war

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The head of a Ukrainian rescue organization said Saturday that the organization has brought back 31 children from Russia, where they had been taken during the war. The International Criminal Court increased pressure on Russia when it issued arrest warrants on March 17 for President Vladimir Putin and Russian children’s rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova, accusing them of …

Ukraine children returned from Russia after alleged deportation
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine children returned from Russia after alleged deportation

Al Jazeera  

Dozens of children reunited with families in Ukraine after being deported to Russia from occupied areas, charity says. A grandmother who had been due to reunite with two of her grandchildren died suddenly on the trip from “stress” and the children had to remain in Russia, Kuleba, Ukraine’s former commissioner for children’s rights, told a media briefing in Kyiv. Kuleba …

Russian charged with war crimes: Ukrainian kids can go home
1 year, 11 months ago

Russian charged with war crimes: Ukrainian kids can go home

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who is being sought for war crimes for deporting children from Ukraine, told a U.N. meeting Wednesday that the children were taken for their safety and Moscow is coordinating with international organizations to return them to their families. An Associated Press investigation, published in October, on Lvova-Belova’s involvement in the abduction of …

US, Britain walk out on Russia at UN over war crime charges
1 year, 11 months ago

US, Britain walk out on Russia at UN over war crime charges

Hindustan Times  

The United States, Britain, Albania and Malta walked out on Russia's envoy for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - as she spoke by video to U.N. Security Council members on Wednesday. The International Criminal Court last month issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Britain and the United …

Russian charged with war crimes: Ukrainian children can go home
1 year, 11 months ago

Russian charged with war crimes: Ukrainian children can go home

LA Times  

Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, in February. Russia, which holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council this month, called Wednesday’s meeting to counter what it claims is disinformation about the Ukrainian children. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia opened the meeting saying its aim was “to …

Ukraine urges Russians not to adopt nation’s war-hit ‘stolen’ children
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine urges Russians not to adopt nation’s war-hit ‘stolen’ children

Firstpost  

Ukraine’s Ministry of Integration of Occupied Territories, has said over 19,514 Ukrainian children are currently considered illegally deported. Russia, meanwhile has not concealed a programme under which it has taken thousands of Ukrainian children, but presents it as a humanitarian campaign Kyiv: Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has urged the Russian people not to adopt children who she claimed …

Kidnapped Ukrainian children held for months in brutal camps are freed
2 years ago

Kidnapped Ukrainian children held for months in brutal camps are freed

Daily Mail  

A group of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russian authorities and held in Kremlin-backed camps for months have been freed and returned home to emotional reunions. Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11897141/Freed-Ukrainian-children-kidnapped-Russia-tell-year-long-ordeal.html?ito=msngallery Yesterday's release was praised by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen who announced she would help organize a conference on securing the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during …

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