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Source: Washington Post

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USAon behalf of the editorial board of “Washington Post” newspaper, Russia in Ukraine child An article was published about his involvement in theft. We bring to your attention the translation of the article.

One of the heaviest blows of Russia’s war in Ukraine is hitting Ukrainian children. In its latest report, the Humanitarian Research Laboratory of the Yale University School of Public Health mentioned another problem of Ukrainian children who were killed and destroyed – their sending to Russia for “re-education”. Of course, this is an attempt to brainwash Russia and can be considered a war crime.

Ukraine although officials have repeatedly expressed their concerns about this issue, the scale of the problem was not entirely clear.

of Ukraine child Darya Gerasimchuk, a high-ranking human rights official, voiced the possibility that about 11,000 Ukrainian children were separated from their parents and abducted to Russia.

Last December, “Washington Post” Russia commented on the decree issued by President Vladimir Putin on simplifying the process of adoption of Ukrainian children, Russia child wrote that the ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova actively implements this policy. Maria Lvova-Belova, who supports the separation of Ukrainian children from their roots USAis under the sanction of

Humanities Research Laboratory, Yale University School of Public Health USA It is one of the agencies supported by the State Department to document war crimes committed in Ukraine.

According to the laboratory’s calculations, at least 6,000 children between the ages of 4 and 17 were taken from Ukraine to Russia. The lab also notes that the actual number could be much higher.

The report states that children taken from Ukraine are placed in at least 43 institutions. At least 40 of those establishments are summer camps and are located in Russia, as well as in the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed in 2014: 7 in Crimea, 12 around the Black Sea, 10Moscow, Kazan and in Yekaterinburg, the 11th Ukraine at least 800 kilometers away from the border Russia in the territories.

Report According to the authors, the main goal of the camps is Ukrainian children political is to re-educate from the point of view. In 32 of the camps, more systematic efforts were made in this matter, the educational process and cultural events were entirely focused on forming Ukrainian children in the spirit of Russian patriotism, the children military it is emphasized that he is involved in education.

According to the report of the Humanitarian Research Laboratory, some of the children were taken to the camps with the consent of their parents. Parents thought it was just a free vacation, that the children would both rest and be away from the war zone, and then be brought back at the promised time. However, they kept the children in the camps longer than promised – for a few weeks or even a few months. In two camps, it was revealed that the process of sending children back has been suspended for an indefinite period.

The researchers also found that orphaned children and mostly children kept in state institutions in Ukraine due to physical and mental disabilities were deported to Russia primarily for adoption and guardianship.

Russia’s behavior is contrary to international law. Forced transfer of children belonging to one group of people to another group UNIt is prohibited by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted on December 9, 1948. Some international legal experts apply this convention to acts aimed at destroying the culture, language and religion of a protected group, including children.

UN recognizes child abduction as one of the 6 most serious crimes committed against children during armed conflicts. Russia He signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child during the Soviet era – in 1990. Now it is obvious that he violated this convention.

The final decision will have to be made by international courts or tribunals. But until then of Ukraine allies – the United States and Europe should take measures against the Russian officials involved in the forced transfer of Ukrainian children.

The report of the Humanitarian Research Laboratory mentions that in the illegal transfer of children hand At least 12 of the Russian officials are not under US or international sanctions. Those people should be immediately sanctioned.