Authorities to open underground schools in Zaporizhzhia Oblast by late October

Local authorities plan to open some of the six #underground #schools being built in the southeastern city of#Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding region by late October, Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Aug. 11.

Kharkiv was the first Ukrainian city where the concept of underground schools was introduced to ensure offline education despite regular Russian attacks. The first school was established in #Kharkiv's #metro.

https://kyivindependent.com/local-authorities-plan-to-open-some-underground-schools-in-zaporizhzhia-oblast-by-late-october/

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Authorities to open underground schools in Zaporizhzhia Oblast by late October

Kharkiv was the first Ukrainian city where the concept of underground schools was introduced to ensure offline education despite regular Russian attacks. The first school was established in Kharkiv's metro.

Russia posts abducted Ukrainian children on government-linked adoption sites

Four children who were abducted and deported to Russia at the beginning of the full-scale invasion were possibly put up for adoption on a government-linked adoption site, according to an investigation released by the Financial Times (FT) on June 12.

One of the children had a new Russian name and a different age than the one listed on their Ukrainian document, and another had a Russianized version of their name. None of the information about the children indicated that they came from Ukraine.

The FT's investigation, which used facial recognition tools, public records, and interviews with family members of the abducted children, identified four Ukrainian children aged eight to 15 on the Russian government-linked adoption website usynovite.ru. The children were reportedly abducted from state-care homes.

https://kyivindependent.com/ft-russia-posts-abducted-ukrainian-children-on-government-linked-adoption-sites/

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Moldovan Parliament declares Russia's policies toward Ukraine as #genocide

"By this resolution, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova declares that the denial of the existence of the Ukrainian nation, as well as all inhumane policies pursued by the Russian Federation against the children of Ukraine, fall under the definition of genocide, by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide," Deputy Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Doina Gherman said.

https://kyivindependent.com/moldovan-parliament-declares-russias-policies-toward-ukraine-as-genocide/

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Moldovan Parliament declares Russia's policies toward Ukraine as genocide

Sixty members of parliament, including 59 from the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), voted in favor of the declaration. Parties with close ties with Moscow refused to participate in the vote.

Russia builds militaristic youth camps in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Russia continues to set up military camps for Ukrainian teenagers in the Russian-occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia Oblast

#RussianAggression has deeply harmed #UkrainianChildren and youth, facing abductions, physical peril, and efforts to suppress their identity in "re-education camps" and Russian "foster families."

Moscow plans to open a "center for military-sports training and patriotic education of youth called 'Warrior' based on the 'Iskra' children's health camp," the National Resistance Center said in its Feb. 8 report.

Teenagers will allegedly be taught firearms and engineering training.

This is "preparation for service in the Russian army."

https://kyivindependent.com/national-resistance-center-russia-builds-militaristic-youth-camps-in-occupied-in-zaporizhzhia-oblast/

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National Resistance Center: Russia builds militaristic youth camps in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Moscow reportedly plans to open a "center for military-sports training and patriotic education of youth called 'Warrior' based on the 'Iskra' children's health camp."

PACE calls on European parliaments to recognize Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children as #genocide

The resolution text reads that "all Ukrainian children have the right to enjoy the rights and freedoms enshrined in relevant international #HumanRights instruments."

The document further emphasized that "the best interests of the child must prevail in all decision-making processes concerning them," reinforcing the principle that children should never be used as "a means of exerting pressure or as war trophies."

https://kyivindependent.com/pace-calls-on-european-parliaments-to-recognize-russian-abduction-of-ukrainian-children-as-genocide/

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PACE calls on European parliaments to recognize Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children as genocide

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution calling on European leaders to make all efforts to return Ukrainian children abducted by Russia home, the Council of Europe's press service said on Jan. 25.

Russia to be grilled on fate of forcibly deported Ukrainian children at UN Committee

The UN Committee seeks to determine how many children have been deported to Russia or within Russian-occupied territories, as well as what Russia has done to protect “the right of such children to preserve their identity, including nationality, name and family relations."

Since last February, nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children have been identified as #abducted from Russian-occupied territories and sent to other Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine, or to Russia itself

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-to-be-grilled-on-fate-of-forcibly-deported-ukrainian-children-at-un-committee/

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Russia to be grilled on fate of forcibly deported Ukrainian children at UN Committee

Russia is set to respond to questions posed by various countries on the fate of forcibly deported Ukrainian children at the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on Jan. 23.

Russia deports 17 children with disabilities from occupied Donetsk Oblast

Russia #deported 17 Ukrainian children with #disabilities from the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast to a rehabilitation center near Moscow as part of the forced #passportization campaign in the occupied territories of Ukraine, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Jan. 22.

Ukrainian authorities have identified over 19,000 Ukrainian children who have been illegally deported to Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February 2022. Some of them were deported under the guise of sending them for rehabilitation and then put into the custody of Russian families.

https://kyivindependent.com/ombudsman-russia-deports-17-children-with-disabilities-from-occupied-donetsk-oblast/

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Ombudsman: Russia deports 17 children with disabilities from occupied Donetsk Oblast

Russia transferred 17 Ukrainian children with disabilities from the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast to a rehabilitation center near Moscow as part of the forced passportization campaign in the occupied territories of Ukraine, Ombudsman Dmytro...

Ukraine rescues illegally deported teenager from Russia

Ukraine has brought back an unlawfully displaced Ukrainian Oleksandr Naumkin, now 19, from Russia on Jan. 2.

Naumkin, a resident of Mariupol, was among the 31 children deported to Russia in May 2022 under the disguise of sending them for rehabilitation to the Polyany boarding house in Moscow Oblast. They are known as “Group 31.”

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-rescues-illegally-deported-teenager-from-russia/

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Ukraine rescues illegally deported teenager from Russia

Ukraine has brought back an unlawfully displaced Ukrainian Oleksandr Naumkin, now 19, from Russia on Jan. 2. He was among the 31 children deported to Russia in May 2022, also known as "Group 31."

Belarus to showcase abducted Ukrainian children at meeting with foreign diplomats

"This measure aims to legalize the illegal movement of Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine," the Foreign Ministry said. "According to international law, the forced deportation of children can be qualified as a war crime."

https://kyivindependent.com/foreign-ministry-lukashenko-to-hold-meetings-with-foreign-diplomats-and-illegally-deported-children-from-ukraine/

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Foreign Ministry: Belarus to showcase abducted Ukrainian children at meeting with foreign diplomats

Belarus is planning to organize a visit for foreign representatives at locations where Ukrainian children taken from regions temporarily occupied by Russia are kept, the Foreign Ministry said on Sept. 30.

75 Ukrainian children tortured by Russian forces, prosecutor says

Ukrainian prosecutors discovered that Russian forces had tortured 75 children throughout the full-scale invasion, Interfax Ukraine reported on Aug. 31.

Most cases of torture took place in #Chernihiv Oblast's village of #Yahidne, which was under Russian occupation for about a month, a Prosecutor General's Office representative told Interfax in an exclusive interview.

https://kyivindependent.com/interfax-ukraine-75-ukrainian-children-tortured-by-russian-forces-prosecutor-says/

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Interfax Ukraine: 75 Ukrainian children tortured by Russian forces, prosecutor says

Ukrainian prosecutors discovered that Russian forces had tortured 75 children throughout the full-scale invasion, Interfax Ukraine reported on Aug. 31. Most cases of torture took place in Chernihiv Oblast's village of Yahidne, which was under...

Russia deports another 450 Ukrainian children

Russia has deported another 450 children from areas of Ukraine under Russian occupation, the National Resistance Center reported on Aug. 17.

According to the center, 50 Ukrainian high school students were sent to #Yaroslavl, a city about 250 kilometers northeast of #Moscow. The center believes that once there, Russian teachers will try to convince the students to continue their higher education at Yaroslavl State University.

Another:

• 200 children from occupied parts of Luhansk Oblast
• 150 children from Kherson Oblast
• 50 children from Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Were all sent to 'summer camps' in #Krasnodar region.

Ukrainian children are taught to believe Russian propaganda in these camps and attend activities like Russian patriotic concerts. At the end of the camp, #Ukrainian children are often not returned home.

https://kyivindependent.com/national-resistance-center-russia-deports-another-450-ukrainian-children/

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National Resistance Center: Russia deports another 450 Ukrainian children

Russia has deported another 450 children from areas of Ukraine under Russian occupation, the National Resistance Center reported on Aug. 17.