“Zelenskaya stressed that Russia is trying to interfere with this process in various ways”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
She stressed that Russia is trying to interfere with this process in various ways.
“This is not a constant mechanism, unfortunately. It is in order for this mechanism to exist and work, and an international coalition created for the return of Ukrainian children, which already includes 41 countries, ”said the First Lady.
Zelenskaya noted that it is very important that the world remembers who is actually the aggressor and continued to “help Ukraine fight for a common future.” She added that in this struggle, Ukraine protects its people first and foremost.
“We are not fighting for kilometers. We fight for our people in the occupied territories. These kilometers are their home, work, school, native streets. These people have the right to live in their country without fear. We cannot leave them in danger, ”Olena Zelenska said.
In November 2024, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets reported that Ukraine managed to return 1002 children from the territory of Russia and temporarily occupied lands.
Dmitry Lubinets suggested that Russia illegally took out about 150,000 children from Ukraine. The BP, Darya Gerasimchuk, calls the figure in “several hundred thousand children, that is, somewhere 200-300 thousand”.
In March 2023, the International Criminal Court in the Hague issued warrants for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the children’s Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Maria Lviv-Belova. They are suspected of committing war crimes – violent deportations and movement of the population, including children, from the occupied territories of Ukraine.