cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/6220086
An estimated 20,000 Ukrainian children are believed to have been deported and/or forcibly transferred from occupied territories into Russia. Some have allegedly been illegally adopted by Russian families, with their names – and in some cases even their place of birth – altered, making reunification even more difficult.
Diplomatic efforts to engage directly with Moscow have yielded almost no results, with just 20 Ukrainian children returned, according to Russian authorities. The few children who have been returned had been displaced in occupied Ukrainian territory, not in Russia, says [human rights lawyer Kateryna] Rashevska, making the need for international accountability imperative.
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To all the stupid Kremlin-brained terminally online troglodyte fascists who deny Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine is an act of genocide,
kidnapping the children of ethnic groups is considered an act of genocide aimed to eliminate the identity and control the reproduction of the victim group.
Russia’s war against Ukraine is objectively genocidal
This is so sad and fucked up, and it doesn’t get nearly enough attention.