Since the beginning of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in 2022, the Russian forces have been forcibly moving Ukrainian civilians of the territories occupied by Russia or in Russia itself, which has raised the alarm in the international community.
In fact, from the country of Zelenski they denounce that More than 20,000 children They have been kidnapped without the permission of their relatives, calling the kidnappings as war crimes, in line with the UN genocide definition of the UN Treaty.
In addition to being kidnapped, children are exposed to an indoctrination process known as “Rusification“That, among other issues, they prohibit them from speaking in their mother tongue. Those who have older age are also sent to enter militarily.
Due to this situation, the European Parliament has drawn a resolution, approved this Thursday with 516 votes in favor, in which it asks Russia to safely return all deported Ukrainian minors. He has also asked to allow humanitarian and international organizations as UNICEF to access all deported children.
“Any genuine peace agreement must include the repatriation of these children and accountability for forced resettlement and deportation,” says the document. However, Kremlin has rejected accusations and assured that children were transported from war areas for protection.
It should be noted that in 2023 the International Criminal Court (CPI) launched Several arrest orders against the Russian president and the commissioned for childhood for committing war crimes linked to the kidnapping of minors.
