Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Moscow has forcefully deported over 19,500 Ukrainian children. They not only have their identities changed but also have to undergo some military education, Ukraine’s human rights commissioner tells Euronews.
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00:00Over 19,500 Ukrainian children have been forcefully deported by Russia since the beginning of
00:08the full-scale invasion.
00:09And until now, Kyiv managed to bring back only just over 1,000 of them.
00:16Ukraine's Commissioner for Human Rights says once taken to the Russian territory, they
00:20not only have their identities changed and official papers reissued to erase any connection
00:25to Ukraine, they also have to undergo some sort of military education.
00:29The step of militarization, all the Ukrainian children must be member of youth military
00:38organizations of Russian Federation.
00:41The main goal for Russians for deportation of Ukrainian children is grow up in a new
00:49generation of Russian army.
00:52In March 2023, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant
00:57for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian's Children Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova
01:02accusing them of overseeing the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children.