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Russia 'Forcing Kidnapped Ukrainian Children to Fight Against Own Country'
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Russia’s War on Children: Abducted Ukrainians Now Forced to Fight in Putin’s Army
Russia has begun conscripting Ukrainian children—many abducted from occupied territories—into its military once they turn 18, according to Ukrainian officials. This revelation signifies Russia’s strategic and psychological warfare against Ukraine, with potentially thousands of abducted minors now being used to bolster Moscow’s military efforts, as was reported on July 24. Since 2014, an estimated 35,000 children have been taken from Ukraine’s ea…
Russia forces children abducted from Ukraine to fight against their own country when they turn 18. On the battlefield, deported Ukrainians may encounter their friends, parents or brothers.
Ukraine awaits full response regarding each child from previously submitted list of 339 children abducted by Russia
As a result of the negotiations in Istanbul, Russia provided information on less than a fifth of the children from the initial list of 339 names of abducted Ukrainian children, and there is no information on more than 200 children, including those from the Kherson Children's Home, said Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
Russia is forcing kidnapped children from Ukraine to fight their own country once they turn 18 as part of a direct order from President Vladimir Putin, Kiev officials said.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Ukraine has managed to return more than a thousand children abducted by Russia. At the same time, another one and a half million children are under the control of the enemy. This was stated by the adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, the operational director of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative Daria Zarivna, RBK-Ukraine reports with reference to the press service of the OP. Za…
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