UN investigation: «Deportation of Ukrainian youngsters to Russia is a criminal offense towards humanity» | EUROtoday

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A United Nations investigation established that the compelled deportation and switch of Ukrainian youngsters to Russia through the struggle in Ukraine represent crimes towards humanitywrites The Kyiv Independent. Since the beginning of Moscow’s invasion in February 2022, the Ukrainian nationwide database ‘Children of War’ has documented 20,000 circumstances of Ukrainian youngsters kidnapped from Russian-occupied territories and brought to Russia or areas managed by Moscow.

“The Commission concluded that crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by the Russian authorities targeted children, who are among the most vulnerable victims,” mentioned a report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. The report is anticipated to be introduced to the UN Human Rights Council on March 12. According to the doc, the fee, which studied 1,205 circumstances of kid abductions in Russia and performed over 200 interviews, concluded that the abductions constituted “a well-established pattern of conduct, indicating that these acts were widespread and systematic.”

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Two folks, aged 63 and 21, died and two others had been injured following an assault by Russian forces locally of Glukhiv, Sumy area. This was reported by the pinnacle of the regional navy administration Oleg Hrygorov, quoted by Ukrainska Pravda.