‘Forcible transfer’: Orphans from Ukraine ‘taken’ by Russia
2 years 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 institutionalised,” said Bill Van Esveld, associate children’s rights director at the New York-based organisation. “Human Rights Watch has documented Russia’s forcible transfer of children from Ukrainian residential institutions. “Children are being newly institutionalised, including children whose parents were killed and wounded, as well as whose parents experienced mental health crises due to the war,” the watchdog said.

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No peace deal until you return our thousands of abducted children, Ukraine tells the Kremlin
4 days, 23 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 …

Putin-controlled aircraft, state funds used to 'Russify' Ukrainian children, alleges US-backed research
3 months, 4 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, 4 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 …

Qatar brokers another Russia-Ukraine deal to exchange 9 children
4 months ago

Qatar brokers another Russia-Ukraine deal to exchange 9 children

Firstpost  

This is the second time Qatar has helped the countries reach an exchange where children are allowed to be close to their families. Earlier this year, 22 children were returned to their families in Ukraine after Qatar’s intervention Qatar has successfully mediated a humanitarian deal between Ukraine and Russia which will see the return of nine children from both countries …

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 …

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, 4 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 …

Kidnapped, abused, humiliated – the Ukrainian children stolen by Russia
9 months, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks 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 …

Putin treats international law like ‘toilet paper’, says Kyiv’s top official ahead of peace summit
9 months, 2 weeks 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
10 months 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 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 …

It’s horrifying what’s happened to Ukrainians with disabilities during Russia’s war – we cannot abandon them
10 months, 2 weeks ago

It’s horrifying what’s happened to Ukrainians with disabilities during Russia’s war – we cannot abandon them

The Independent  

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Russia told Ukrainians with disabilities they were visiting the seaside - but they were kidnapped and disappeared
10 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Ukrainians granted sanctuary in Britain sent to live with suspected gangsters
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukrainians granted sanctuary in Britain sent to live with suspected gangsters

The Independent  

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Missing Ukranian children located in Dutch coordinated effort
1 year, 1 month 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
1 year, 1 month 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 experts take Russia to task over deported Ukrainian children and a 'military agenda' in schools
1 year, 1 month ago

UN experts take Russia to task over deported Ukrainian children and a 'military agenda' in schools

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 panel of U.N.-backed experts …

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  

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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 …

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

LA Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting in Sochi, Russia, this fall. More than 2,400 Ukrainian children ages 6 to 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 last week by the Humanitarian Research …

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  

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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 …

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Why the return of four Ukrainian children stolen away by Russia could offer hope to some of the terrified hostages in Gaza
1 year, 5 months ago

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Why the return of four Ukrainian children stolen away by Russia could offer hope to some of the terrified hostages in Gaza

Daily Mail  

Wrapped in a loving embrace, this is the moment a Ukrainian child was finally reunited with his family, more than a year after they were separated in the chaotic aftermath of the Russian invasion. A Qatari official who brokered his release witnessed the child's dramatic reunion with his grandmother here, alongside Maria Lvova-Belova at Qatar's embassy in Moscow Child with …

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 …

Belarusian leader approved forced transfers of Ukrainian children, says opposition figure
1 year, 9 months ago

Belarusian leader approved forced transfers of Ukrainian children, says opposition figure

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A Belarusian opposition activist says that he has provided the International Criminal Court with materials allegedly detailing President Alexander Lukashenko’s involvement in the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Belarus, accusations angrily rejected by Minsk. In an online statement published Tuesday, Latushka’s anti-Lukashenko National Anti-Crisis Management Group claims to have gathered evidence that the Ukrainian children were …

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 …

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

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

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