We rescue Ukrainian children from Russia and see the trauma they suffer
6 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 been living in Russian-occupied territories or have been deported to Russia or occupied territories. The return of Ukrainian children will undoubtedly be a crucial aspect of the peace summit in Switzerland. Ukrainian flags are draped over their shoulders, as is custom for all children upon their return home By prioritising the return of Ukrainian children at the peace summit, world leaders can send a powerful message of solidarity and support to the people of Ukraine. Therefore, as world leaders gather in Switzerland to discuss the future of Ukraine, they must prioritise the return of kidnapped children as a vital component of any comprehensive peace agreement.

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Putin-controlled aircraft, state funds used to 'Russify' Ukrainian children, alleges US-backed research
2 weeks, 6 days 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 …

Russia and Ukraine to exchange more children after Qatar-brokered deal
3 weeks, 3 days 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 …

Ukrainian mother’s desperate plea for children to join her in UK after Home Office refusal
2 months, 1 week 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 …

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
5 months, 2 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 …

Putin treats international law like ‘toilet paper’, says Kyiv’s top official ahead of peace summit
6 months, 1 week ago

Putin treats international law like ‘toilet paper’, says Kyiv’s top official ahead of peace summit

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 Vladimir Putin has been criticised …

UK vows action over hundreds of Ukrainians with disabilities vanished into Russia
6 months, 3 weeks ago

UK vows action over hundreds of Ukrainians with disabilities vanished into Russia

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. The Independent’s four-article series revealed evidence that since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in …

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

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

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Two years of war in Ukraine: Sign up to our exclusive expert panel event
10 months ago

Two years of war in Ukraine: Sign up to our exclusive expert panel event

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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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Two years have passed since …

Missing Ukranian children located in Dutch coordinated effort
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Missing Ukranian children located in Dutch coordinated effort

Dutch News  

The Dutch police, together with 23 other law enforcement agencies, used open-source information to locate eight missing Ukrainian children during an event coordinated by Europol. The European Union’s law enforcement coordination agency hosted the gathering in January at their headquarters in The Hague to look into the whereabouts of Ukrainian children who have been illegally taken out of the country …

Missing Ukranian children located in Dutch coordinated effort
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Missing Ukranian children located in Dutch coordinated effort

Dutch News  

The Dutch police, together with 23 other law enforcement agencies, used open-source information to locate eight missing Ukrainian children during an event coordinated by Europol. The European Union’s law enforcement coordination agency hosted the gathering in January at their headquarters in The Hague to look into the whereabouts of Ukrainian children who have been illegally taken out of the country …

UN committee urges Russia to end ‘forcible transfer’ of Ukrainian children
10 months, 2 weeks 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 …

More Ukrainian children from Ukraine’s Russia-held regions arrive in Belarus despite global outrage
11 months, 3 weeks 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
11 months, 3 weeks 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 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 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 reports that he adopted a child taken from Ukraine
1 year 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 …

Ukrainian children repatriated from Russia through Qatari mediation
1 year, 2 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, 3 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, 3 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 …

WATCH: Ukrainian children reunite with families after 'long and difficult' journey from Russian 'summer camps'
1 year, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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 …

Ukraine urges Russians not to adopt nation’s war-hit ‘stolen’ children
1 year, 8 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
1 year, 8 months 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 …

Freed Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia tell of their year-long ordeal
1 year, 8 months ago

Freed Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia tell of their year-long ordeal

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. The International Criminal Court last week issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his children's commissioner, accusing them of war crimes over the forced deportations of 16,000 Ukrainian children. Yesterday's release was …

How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians
1 year, 9 months ago

How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians

Associated Press  

Olga Lopatkina paced around her basement in circles like a trapped animal. Lopatkina told the AP on Friday, “Everyone must be punished for their crimes.” ___ Russia’s open effort to adopt Ukrainian children and bring them up as Russian is already well underway, in one of the most explosive issues of the war, an Associated Press investigation shows. Ukraine’s government …

Russia has committed 'wide range' of war crimes in Ukraine: UN
1 year, 9 months ago

Russia has committed 'wide range' of war crimes in Ukraine: UN

Hindustan Times  

Russia has committed wide-ranging war crimes in Ukraine such as wilful killings and torture, a U.N.-mandated investigative body said on Thursday, in some cases making children watch loved ones being raped and detaining others alongside dead bodies. The alleged crimes, including the deportation of children, were detailed in a report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, which …

Kyiv condemns ‘kidnappings’ as Russians foster Ukrainian kids
1 year, 9 months ago

Kyiv condemns ‘kidnappings’ as Russians foster Ukrainian kids

The Hindu  

At their home in the middle of Siberia, Russian pastor Roman Vinogradov and his wife Yekaterina are the new foster parents of five children from Moscow-occupied eastern Ukraine. “They phoned from children’s services, saying: ‘Will you take children from Ukraine?” said Yekaterina Vinogradova, 38. ‘Russians hide our children’ In a report released on Monday, Human Rights Watch called for a …

‘Forcible transfer’: Orphans from Ukraine ‘taken’ by Russia
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Forcible transfer’: Orphans from Ukraine ‘taken’ by Russia

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of children have been transferred to Russia or occupied territories, says Human Rights Watch report. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had “devastating” consequences for children in residential institutions with thousands transferred to occupied territories or into Russia, according to Human Rights Watch. “This brutal war has starkly shown the need to end the perils faced by children who were …

At least 6,000 Ukrainian children put through Russian re-education camps, US report says
1 year, 10 months ago

At least 6,000 Ukrainian children put through Russian re-education camps, US report says

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 Russia has held at least …

Ukrainians hid orphaned children from Russian deportation
2 years ago

Ukrainians hid orphaned children from Russian deportation

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, health staff at a children’s hospital in the south started secretly planning how to save the babies. Russian children’s rights ombudswoman Maria Lvova-Belova personally oversaw moving hundreds of orphans from Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine for adoption by Russian families. Local and national security and law enforcement are looking for the …

Ukraine wants G20 help on Russian deportations of children
2 years, 1 month ago

Ukraine wants G20 help on Russian deportations of children

Al Jazeera  

Kyiv says thousands of its children have been taken illegally to Russia and that deportations should be investigated as a war crime. Ukraine wants this month’s G20 summit to address the plight of thousands of its children it says have been deported to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff has said. “The Russian Federation continues to commit its crimes …

How Moscow Grabs Ukrainian Kids And Makes Them Russians
2 years, 2 months ago

How Moscow Grabs Ukrainian Kids And Makes Them Russians

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Olga Lopatkina paced around her basement in circles like a trapped animal. Ukraine’s government acknowledged to the U.N. before the war that most children of the state “are not orphans, have no serious illness or disease and are in an institution because their families are in difficult circumstances.” Nevertheless, Russia portrays its adoption of Ukrainian children as …

Ukraine parents ‘want their children back’ from Russia
2 years, 2 months ago

Ukraine parents ‘want their children back’ from Russia

Al Jazeera  

Kyiv has accused Moscow of forcibly deporting 1.6 million Ukrainians with efforts under way to return 32 illegally adopted kids who were found. Ukraine is working to bring back 32 illegally adopted children from Russia it said were forcibly removed from their parents and who “want them back”. “We know the identities of the kidnapped children and will demand that …

Hundreds of kids from east Ukraine stranded in Russian camps
2 years, 2 months ago

Hundreds of kids from east Ukraine stranded in Russian camps

Associated Press  

IZIUM, Ukraine — The Russian occupation radio and newspaper ads promoted the camps as a summer break from the war for Ukrainian children under their control, free of charge. “Our main goal was to give the children a break from everything that was happening here, from all the horrors that were here,” said Valeriya Kolesnyk, an Izium teacher whose 9-year-old …

UN says ‘credible’ reports Ukraine children transferred to Russia
2 years, 3 months ago

UN says ‘credible’ reports Ukraine children transferred to Russia

Al Jazeera  

US ambassador tells UN Security Council more than 1,800 Ukrainian children transferred to Russia in July alone. Ilze Brands Kehris, assistant UN secretary-general for human rights, told a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday that Russian forces are also running “filtration” operations in which Ukrainians in occupied territories face systematic security checks that have involved “numerous” human rights …

Ukrainian children reported seized, missing amid war with Russia
2 years, 5 months ago

Ukrainian children reported seized, missing amid war with Russia

Al Jazeera  

Russian forces have reportedly captured the teenaged son of an official in Zaporizhzhia, while others have been separated from their families. There are parents whose children have disappeared without a trace.” Ukraine’s missing children Ukraine’s leading missing children’s charity, Magnolia, has been fielding non-stop calls from worried families since Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy …

Saving the children: War closes in on eastern Ukrainian town
2 years, 6 months ago

Saving the children: War closes in on eastern Ukrainian town

Associated Press  

BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Chunks of thick, twisted metal and wood splinters lie among the swings and slides in the playground outside a bombed-out school. “Now it’s a question of saving the children,” said Olga Hordiyenko, 51, as she stood in a playground on Tuesday near her apartment building. “Everything will be smashed and destroyed.” With a pre-war population of around …

Ukraine war and how conflict traumatises kids in ways we don't often imagine
2 years, 8 months ago

Ukraine war and how conflict traumatises kids in ways we don't often imagine

India Today  

Recently, ‘BBC Breakfast’ viewers were left speechless and in tears after a Ukrainian schoolgirl, Sophia, talked about Russia’s ongoing invasion of her country. It’s just why?” What Sophia expressed must be on the minds of lakhs of Ukrainian children, one of the most significant casualties of the war. Sample these: Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, two …

Time is running out to save Ukraine’s children and their futures
2 years, 9 months ago

Time is running out to save Ukraine’s children and their futures

Al Jazeera  

Millions of children are still trapped in Ukraine, and they need our help now. SOS Children’s Villages staff in Ukraine brought more than 100 children and foster families to safety in Poland within the first week of the invasion. Through our network of partners, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Commissioner for Children’s Rights, we are working to rescue these children …

Some children in Ukraine have known nothing but war. Russia's invasion only adds to their trauma
2 years, 9 months ago

Some children in Ukraine have known nothing but war. Russia's invasion only adds to their trauma

ABC  

For the children growing up in eastern Ukraine, this is not the first war they have endured in their short lives. "It took about two hours to get us out …and the next day my child turned into a vegetable," she said. Children who survived war face another conflict When the Russian invasion began, Ms Pavlenko and Bogdan took shelter …

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