On International Children's Day, the plight of Ukrainian children amid the ongoing conflict with Russia has come into sharp focus. Ukrainian children, particularly in front-line cities like Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro, are enduring constant air raid alerts and bombardments, often seeking refuge in underground metro stations and cellars. Reports have emerged of Russian officials abducting 46 children from a foster home in Kherson City in 2022, many of whom have been put up for adoption in Russia. This act, which experts suggest may amount to a war crime, was highlighted by a New York Times investigation. Additionally, the first anniversary of the war saw presidential state awards given to two Crimean officials who helped orchestrate the transfer of the children. The international community is urged to unite in protecting these children from the horrors of war.
Russian officials took 46 children from Ukraine. The New York Times traced their movements and found that many had been put up for adoption. https://t.co/ovrBaZ9J2s
⚡️ Russia abducted 46 children from foster home in then-occupied Kherson in 2022, NYT reports. https://t.co/FPrlF3Uzjh
This is how Russia abducted children from Kherson https://t.co/YM9JTl1Vcf
The New York Times traced how Russian officials and carried out a campaign to permanently transfer Ukrainian children from Kherson to Russia These children were particularly vulnerable; they lived in a foster home 1/ https://t.co/rGessKYL6Y
Russian officials took 46 Ukrainian children from a foster home in Kherson City in 2022. Many of them have been put up for adoption in Russia, a New York Times investigation found. What happened to them, experts say, may amount to a war crime. https://t.co/umVtKwkmoK
Russia’s mass theft of Ukrainian children remains one of the most evil aspects of its invasion. “The first anniversary of the war brought presidential state awards… to the two Crimean officials…who helped orchestrate the transfer of the children” https://t.co/vc0skcsP78
Today, on International Children’s Day, spare a thought for the children in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro who are hiding from Russian missiles and UAVs in the underground metro stations. And for the children in cities and towns across #Ukraine hiding in cellars amid the air raids. https://t.co/rysNcpvrap
June 1 is International Children's Day. For children in Ukraine's front-line cities, life involves endless air raid alerts and sounds of bombardment. https://t.co/nYByJ9RI8n
Russia has stolen the childhood of Ukrainian children, forcing them to witness horrors of the war. Yet, they continue to live, learn, and dream. Ukrainians fight so these children won't have to. #InternationalChildrensDay https://t.co/Gy0pMl0S90
Today, as we mark International Children's Day, we are once again reminded of what the russian aggression has done to the children of Ukraine. Kids killed. Kids kidnapped. Kids in bomb shelters. Kids robbed of their childhood. The world must unite to protect children from the… https://t.co/xbaemYxoh3