Ukraine intends to form an international coalition to bring back Ukrainian orphans held or taken by Russia.
Source: Ministry for the Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, quoting Minister Iryna Vereshchuk on air during a broadcast by the Rada TV channel
Quote from Vereshchuk: "The help of the international community is very important to us in this matter [bringing back orphans – ed.]. A pool of international leaders is already being formed out of those who have expressed their public support for such a coalition. Ursula von der Leyen, Mateusz Morawiecki and others are among them.
There should also be a mediator. It could be anyone: the International Committee of the Red Cross, UNHCR, UNICEF, etc. I hope that such a platform will soon start operating."
Details: Vereshchuk has recalled that Russia is holding 4,396 Ukrainian orphans illegally – both those who are held in the temporarily occupied territories and those taken illegally to Russian territory.
Vereshchuk stated at the end of March 2023 that Ukraine was ready to take back its children who had been deported by Russia at the Russian border with any EU member state.
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Both_Zucchini6786 on April 10th, 2023 at 16:10 UTC »
It is incredibly tragic that these children got kidnapped by the enemy. I can not imagine the depravity they are going through as there is no limit to the cruelty we have seen so far. Some we may never find for various reasons, including but not limited to death, traffickied abroad, or name changed by their government. The Russian Kleptocracy has to stop, period. They have stolen with impunity anything they can get their hands on. When they can not steal from others, they will even steal from themselves. We can not let them rob Ukraine of anymore innocence. The sheer scale of the damage done to these children will echo for generations. Let's hope they can be located and rescued in one piece. Bring them home!
Adept-Mulberry-8720 on April 10th, 2023 at 14:29 UTC »
Russia is gonna deny it happened! Russia is gonna keep the forced deported population, too! Russia don't give a damn!
venicestarr on April 10th, 2023 at 11:34 UTC »
I hope these children are reunited with real moms and dads soon. Heartbreaking 💔