Ukraine has accused Russia of taking thousands of children out of the country by force. Credit: Ukrainian Interior MinistryUkraine accused Russia of “forcibly transferring” 2,389 children from the regions of Luhansk and Donetsk to Russia on Tuesday.
Iryna Venediktova, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General, stated that Ukraine is investigating reports of Russia taking children from the regions.
In a tweet, the US Embassy in Kyiv wrote that the act amounted to “kidnapping.”
According to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Russian forces have illegally removed 2,389 Ukrainian children from Donetsk and Luhanks oblasts to Russia. This is not assistance. It is kidnapping.
— U.S. Embassy Kyiv (@USEmbassyKyiv) March 22, 2022
Russia argues that it is taking in refugees
Similarly, officials from the city of Mariupol in Ukraine, which has come under heavy shelling from Russian troops, claim that Russia has deported thousands of people, including women and children, against their will.
