KYIV. UkraineGate . 23 . August .2022 l Society .
russia reported a thousand children illegally removed from occupier-occupied Mariupol to Russian Siberia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine requires their return to parents or guardians. The corresponding statement was distributed by foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko .
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“Russia reports that a thousand Ukrainian children were illegally transported from occupied Mariupol to Siberia. This is a gross violation of the IV Geneva Convention and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. russia must return all abducted children to their parents or legal guardians,” a foreign ministry spokesman said on Twitter.
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By early August, Ukraine had identified 5600 children deported to Russia.
Source: Ukrgate
