In the Russian-provoked war in Ukraine, hundreds and hundreds of people were killed by sustained shelling and attacks on Ukrainian cities after the “special military operation” by Russian troops under Vladimir Putin. Since then, numerous crimes against humanity have been committed in the Kremlin, both by Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian authorities and by accusations from Western countries. Among the victims were These are children and minors who would have been mistreated, sexually abused or tortured by the Russian military.
According to Yulia Usenko, head of the Department for Protection of Children’s Interests and Combating Violence at the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, the Russian military has exploited minors, including with allegations “Murders, mutilations, kidnappings of children, forced displacement, deportations, sexual violence against children and kidnappings.” In addition, it clarifies that “crimes are often combined”. with torture and illegal imprisonment”, AndThe “Investigative authorities and prosecutors document such crimes in more than 3,200 criminal proceedings.”
Just a year after the invasion began, in February of this year, According to the United Nations, more than 7,000 civilians were killed and nearly 12,000 injured. A conflict that had by then forced More than eight million people are moving to other parts of the world and leaving the country.
The war in Ukraine doesn’t stop and Kiev accuses Russia of abusing and murdering Ukrainian children
In March, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian official Maria Lvova-Belova for being part of a plan to deport Ukrainian children to Russia. Lvova-Belova herself recognized this More than 700,000 children were transferred from Ukrainian territory to Russian land, and Kiev reported at the time that more than 19,500 children had been abducted.
“They change their names and brainwash them”said Lesia Zaburanna, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, who denounced a few months ago that the number of deported minors accounts for twenty percent of children in Ukraine and that at least half are forcibly separated from their parents.
According to CNN, Ukrainian prosecutors have opened more than 3,000 criminal cases related to crimes against minors by Russia. According to prosecutors, around 75 children suffered various forms of torture at the hands of Russian forces, 69 of whom were in the Chernihiv region of northern Ukraine.
For her part, Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Peacebuilding, At least 545 children have died and almost 17,000 have been injured since the war began, although he clarifies that “the actual numbers are likely much higher”., according to the latest reports. “Russia’s aggression has to do with Ukraine’s future and without children there is no future,” added Sergi Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s representative at the United Nations.
