The Russians took over 13 000 Ukrainian children from the territories of Ukraine they occupied.
This was reported by the Minister of Defense Oleksiy Reznikov.
"The Fourth Geneva Convention calls for facilitating the renewal of contacts and meetings of family members. But the goal of the "Russian Peace" is different — to kill millions of Ukrainians and make their children Russian," Reznikov explained.
On December 20, Ukraine returned three more children who were taken to a childrenʼs camp in Russia. The occupiers separated the children from their parents and, under the pretext of "rehabilitation", took them to the "Vedmedyk" childrenʼs camp in Gelendzhik, Russia, in August 2022. This happened during the occupation of the Kharkiv region.
- The representative of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Lubinets informed that there are currently more than 12 000 Ukrainian children in Russia, 8 600 of whom were forcibly deported from Ukraine by the occupiers.