Posted on Mar 23, 2022
More than 2,300 children ‘kidnapped’ by Russian forces, says Ukraine
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Thousands of Ukrainian children have been “kidnapped” by Vladimir Putin’s forces and taken to Russia, Kyiv has claimed.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 2,389 children had been transported across the border from the eastern oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk.
“This is not assistance. It is kidnapping,” the US embassy in Kyiv tweeted, citing the ministry. The ministry called it a “gross violation of international law”.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 2,389 children had been transported across the border from the eastern oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk.
“This is not assistance. It is kidnapping,” the US embassy in Kyiv tweeted, citing the ministry. The ministry called it a “gross violation of international law”.
More than 2,300 children ‘kidnapped’ by Russian forces, says Ukraine
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..."Although it could not be independently verified, the kidnapping claim comes after authorities in Mariupol said several thousand of its residents had been forcibly deported to Russia. There were also claims on Tuesday that Russia was planning to kidnap Ukrainians protesting against the invading forces and take them across the border.
Moscow continues to besiege cities throughout Ukraine, including Mariupol, which has been largely destroyed after more than three weeks of Russian shelling.
Describing the aftermath of two large bombs that struck Mariupol on Tuesday, the local council said the city had been turned into the “ashes of a dead land”.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky echoed this assessment. “There is nothing left there,” he told Italy’s parliament via video link on Tuesday. Russian forces were said to be inside the flattened city on Tuesday evening.
Located on the Sea of Azov, the port city was home to 400,000 people before the Russian invasion. Civilians there are struggling with limited supplies of food and water, with most people unable to flee because of frequent Russian bombardments.
Some have managed to escape the city. One exhausted Mariupol survivor was shaking as she arrived by train in the western city of Lviv on Tuesday. “There’s no connection with the world. We couldn’t ask for help,” said Julia Krytska, who was helped by volunteers to escape with her husband and son. “People don’t even have water there.”...
..."Although it could not be independently verified, the kidnapping claim comes after authorities in Mariupol said several thousand of its residents had been forcibly deported to Russia. There were also claims on Tuesday that Russia was planning to kidnap Ukrainians protesting against the invading forces and take them across the border.
Moscow continues to besiege cities throughout Ukraine, including Mariupol, which has been largely destroyed after more than three weeks of Russian shelling.
Describing the aftermath of two large bombs that struck Mariupol on Tuesday, the local council said the city had been turned into the “ashes of a dead land”.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky echoed this assessment. “There is nothing left there,” he told Italy’s parliament via video link on Tuesday. Russian forces were said to be inside the flattened city on Tuesday evening.
Located on the Sea of Azov, the port city was home to 400,000 people before the Russian invasion. Civilians there are struggling with limited supplies of food and water, with most people unable to flee because of frequent Russian bombardments.
Some have managed to escape the city. One exhausted Mariupol survivor was shaking as she arrived by train in the western city of Lviv on Tuesday. “There’s no connection with the world. We couldn’t ask for help,” said Julia Krytska, who was helped by volunteers to escape with her husband and son. “People don’t even have water there.”...
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