Russia deported more than 7,000 Ukrainian children - Lubinets

The occupiers have been deported to the Russian Federation since the beginning of the full -scale war. Only 51 minors managed to return. This was reported by the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets in an interview with the voice of America. "Russia does everything to prevent our children from returning to us, even simplified their adoption legislation," Lubinets said.

Video of the day according to the Ombudsman, it is a violation of international law and a striking example that the Russian Federation is the genocide of the Ukrainian nation. Lubinets noted that Ukraine is working on the return of children, but as long as the process is moving slowly. “We have now been able to return 51 children. This is a small number, comparing with thousands of exported, but we practically conduct special operations for their rescue. Volunteers help us very much, ”he added.

On July 29, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine stated that more than 5,600 children were deported to Russia, but the number is actually higher. On July 13, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the occupiers had already been deported 2 million inhabitants of temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including several hundred thousand children.