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The Assembly of Kiev calls the kidnapping of Ukrainian children genocide

2023-04-28 10:59:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Thursday officially voted to define the Russian abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia as "genocide".

The resolution calls for the safe return of Ukrainian children who were forcibly sent to Russia, as well as appropriate punishment for those who committed illegalities, noting that the information gathered in the report complies with the international definition of genocide.

The resolution also notes that Moscow began illegal deportations from orphanages and care facilities even before the invasion.

In a report led by Paulo Pisco, a Portuguese member of the Assembly, the deported children have been subjected to a process of 'Russification' through re-education in the Russian language, being banned from speaking Ukrainian and being exposed to Kremlin propaganda.

"These transfers of Ukrainian children were planned and organized in a systematic manner as a state policy," the resolution said, and had the nefarious purpose of "annihilating any ties and features of their Ukrainian identity."

Children living in institutionalized care are deported under the guise of evacuation from war-torn areas. Others have been separated from their families in infiltration camps.

According to Ukrainian government statistics as of mid-April, over 19,384 children had been taken or transferred to Russia.

 

 

 





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