Ukraine is investigating the involvement of Belarus in the deportation of children
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Ukraine is investigating the involvement of Belarus in the forced removal of children from the territories occupied by the Russian Federation. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said criminal proceedings were initiated in Ukraine over the “forced transportation/deportation of more than 19,000 children” from the occupied regions. Including to Belarus. They were taken from the following regions: Donetsk region; Luhansk; Zaporozhye; Khersonskaya; Kharkivskaya. A mother hugs her 13-year-old son after being deported to the Russian Federation and returning to Kyiv. Photo: Reuters “The fact and circumstances of the removal of Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to the so-called “health camps” on the territory of Belarus are currently being investigated in the specified criminal proceedings,” the Prosecutor General’s Office emphasized. Ukraine’s statement on the deportation of children was a response to a report by the opposition in Belarus that 2,150 minors, including orphans aged 6 to 15, were taken to so-called health camps and sanatoriums. The children could be placed in two Belarusian sanatoriums, the Prosecutor General’s Office adds. In particular: “Golden Sands” in the Gomel region; sanatorium-resort camp “Ostroshytsky Horodok” in Minsk region. The transfer of children to another country was illegal and violated the Geneva Conventions and the ICC Statute. From the territories of Ukraine under the control of the Russian Federation, the children were brought to Russia by bus, and then taken to Belarus by train. “Lukashenko personally ordered the transfer of orphaned children to Belarus and facilitated their arrival with financial and organizational support,” the Prosecutor General’s Office added. It will be recalled that the cases of illegal transfer of 164 Ukrainian children, aged 4-18, to the Russian Federation were recognized by the UN Independent International Commission for the Investigation of Violations in Ukraine Read also: “Help me”. The story of the deportation of a teenager who managed to return to Ukraine
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