When most Europeans went home to spend Easter holidays with their families, up to 20,000 Ukrainian children stayed in Russia Illegally deported of Ukraine.
“This is the time when people celebrate Easter with their family loved ones. Those children have left their family. Many of them do not even remember their parents because they Russia destroys their identity“, Food, Marines scored.
“Ukrainian children They are not negotiated“, And there must be any conversation and negotiations of peace” Unconditional income For homes in Ukraine in every child, “Betza stressed.
Ukraine was able to verify the Russian deportation 19,546 children To date. These are the children who have collected detailed information: their residence is known in Ukraine and their regional location in Russia. The actual number may be too high. The Humanitarian Research Laboratory of Yele put the number of deported Ukrainian children near 35,000. Moscow says the number may be 700,000.
The American ‘Think Tank’ (ISW) emphasizes that the actual number of deported children is almost impossible to verify, “But involvement is intact: Russia has stolen tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. The obvious purpose of eradicating their Ukrainian identities Turn them into Russians. “
In addition, the theft of children is one of the preferences of Russian President Vladimir Putin, to mark the manifestations of Ukrainian human rights activists. These were found Kremlin documents Due to February 18, 2022, the plans to take Ukrainian children from the orphanage of Lukensk and Tonetskin occupied by the orphanage of the occupied areas of Ukrainian children.
These documents They revealed that Russia planned to attack vulnerable Ukrainian childrenEspecially before the launch of a large -scale invasion, parents are not careful.
“Over the next three years, Russia started a program led by Kremlin and deeply institutionalized Abduct Ukrainian children Turn them into the next generation of Russians. “Petza confirms that there are still 1.6 million Ukrainian children in temporarily occupied at this time.
What happens now for the deported Ukrainian children?
Russia Deliberately destroys identity Among the illegal deported children, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister said. Petza declared who ‘EuroNius’ It is difficult to monitor and identify these children Because their names and identity documents have been changed, especially in the case of little ones who are forced to adopt in Russia.
By A large -scale invasion of Ukraine The first signed Putin on a mandate of Ukrainian children first Simplified practice for obtaining Russian citizenship Ukrainian “for children abandoned without parents and disabled.”
This is equivalent to legalizing the process of deportation of Ukrainian children and Give them through Russian citizenship. Russia uses children as a “tool for their aggressive policy against Ukraine”, says Betza: “Russia is the turning the Ukrainian children into weapons.”
Yele’s Humanitarian Research Laboratory has confirmed that Russia is at least using 43 children’s fields To accommodate deported children across the country, at least 32 of them are obvious “Reorganization” facilities. Russia uses these fields Instruction For Ukrainian children, “Kremlin and Training Courses’ Patriotism-Army” “through careful and recognized research programs of training courses, punish and encourage them for their Ukrainian identity. “
The arrival of deported children, kyiv’s “red line” for any contract
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister reiterated in an interview with ‘EuroNius’, and the war prisoners have no reasonable silence without returning, the people are illegally detained and every child is detained. “These are the red lines for Ukraine. All children They must return unconditionally To Ukraine, “Bedza said.
Previously, the Ukrainian President, Volodamir JelenskiHe declared that the issue “was one of Kiev’s main priorities in the recent negotiations with the US in Saudi Arabia.” In a statement released after conversations with Ukraine, America He said that Continue to “Strike” Return to Ukrainian children, as well as exchanging the public who have been detained free of charge.
However, the Trump administration reduced the financial assistance of the Humanitarian Research Laboratory of Yale University, which explores the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. According to the 2022 agreement with the laboratory, the US government took over its database. When the government reduced their support, the members of the Laboratory Committee They lost access to data Compiled to compiled, Including evidence of war crimes In Russia.
AdvertisementThe laboratory shared some of these sources with European authorities and International Criminal Court (CBI)This is awarded Preventive orders against Putin And her children’s rights commissioner Maria Elvova-Beloa forced Ukrainian children.
Trump administration in response to the pressure of congressmen Then the funds have been restored Laboratory for about six weeks Guarantee the exact transfer of important data About children for skilled officers.
Petza insists that Ukraine raises the question of compulsory deportation In each negotiations.
