It is difficult to estimate the exact number of Ukrainian children captured by Russia. Ukrainian officials claim that the number of these children is around 8,000. While Russia has not given any number.
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How Russia wants to destroy Ukraine completely, its sinister strategy has been revealed. Many international media reports have published the news that thousands of Ukrainian children are currently under Russian occupation. And at some places they are being forced to work. Life of Ukrainian children is passing in Russian basements. Sometimes these children cry remembering their parents and sometimes they start singing the national anthem of Ukraine.
According to AP (Associated Press) News, he had published this report for the first time on October 13, 2022 only. In which this dangerous strategy of Russia was revealed. But then Russia was making such a strategy and now when the number of Ukrainian children has increased in Russian occupation, then it has become a matter of serious concern.
International Court has also raised the issue
What will be the future of Ukrainian children living under Russian occupation is a big question. Last Friday, when the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, he was also accused of kidnapping Ukrainian children. There was also talk of punishing the culprits for this serious crime.
Russia’s dangerous move exposed
In its report, Associated Press has tried to expose that on one hand Russia is waging a destructive war against Ukraine and on the other hand it is openly adopting Ukrainian children and making them Russian. And is getting many types of work done by him.
Thousands of Ukrainian children in Russian basement
According to media reports, many such cellars have been found in war-torn cities like Mariupol where thousands of children have been found in orphanages. Most of these are children whose parents were killed in Russian shelling. He is living an orphan life.
Russia’s claim on the allegations
Although the Russian authorities have claimed that efforts were made to find the parents or other guardians of these children, but when no one was found or no one came forward, they had to take care of those children.
How much truth is there in the Russian claim, it is a matter of deep investigation, but it is considered to be the most dangerous trick to erase the name and trace of the enemy country. According to the report, Russian President Vladimir Putin is directly involved in this whole process, who has supported the adoption of these children.
What does Russian law say?
Significantly, Russian law prohibits the adoption of foreign children without consent. But in May last year, Putin signed an order to adopt and give citizenship to Ukrainian children. Now the advantage of this will be that if these children grow up and they get information about the survival of their relatives, then it will be difficult for them to return.
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Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to the Mariupol mayor, said: “It is a terrible story. We do not know whether our children have official parents or step-parents, as they have been forcibly disappeared by Russian troops. Now the future of these children is in darkness. They have been kept captive and don’t know what kind of work is being done by them.
The government of Ukraine told the United Nations before the war that most of the children in the state were not orphans or had any serious illness. They are living with an institution because their families are in difficult circumstances.
How many children of Ukraine are there under Russian occupation?
It is difficult to estimate the exact number of Ukrainian children deported to Russia. Although the Ukrainian authorities claim that the number of these children is around 8,000. While Russia has not given any number.
In March last year, a Russian official said that more than 1,000 Ukrainian children were in Russia. He had said that these children needed Russia’s help to recover from the trauma. These kids sing the Ukrainian national anthem in horror from the basement – “Victory to Ukraine!”
Russia has already done such a feat
When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, more than 80 children from Luhansk were abducted. Ukraine then filed suit and the European Court of Human Rights found that the children had been taken to Russia without any paperwork. The children were returned to Ukraine before the final verdict.
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