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Oct 27 6 tweets 2 min read
Russian officials continued to admit that #Russia is deporting Ukrainian children to Russia under the guise of adoption and vacation schemes. isw.pub/UkrWar102622
2/ Russian media reported on October 26 that the Russian Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, adopted a Ukrainian child who was deported from Mariupol to Russia.
3/ Lvova-Belova claimed that Russian officials have brought 31 children from Mariupol to Russia and that her office is working to “rehabilitate” Ukrainian children from active combat zones.
4/ Russia is also continuing to use the excuse of recreational trips to deport Ukrainian children to Russia and Russian-occupied territory.
5/ Member of the Zaporizhia occupation administration Vladimir Rogov reported on October 26 that over 500 children from Enerhodar went on “vacation” in Yevpatoria, Crimea and Anapa, Krasnodar Krai this year alone.
6/ As @TheStudyofWar has previously reported, the forced adoption of Ukrainian children into Russian families may constitute a violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. isw.pub/UkrWar102622

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