U.S. and Ukrainian officials fear Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children is an unprecedented crisis.
,” represents the most detailed public accounting to date of what has happened to Ukraine’s children during the war..
“Russia accepted children who had been forced to flee with their families from the shelling and atrocities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the embassy said in a statement. “We do our best to keep minors in families, and in case of absence or death of parents and relatives – to transfer orphans under guardianship.”Here's what we know about the state of the war in Ukraine one year after Russia's invasion.U.S.
“The Russians may try to justify their actions as necessary to safeguard children found in an area of combat. But that does not permit deportation back to the occupying state unless no other alternative is available,” Scharf said, citing international laws requiring that children be sent to a neutral third country for protection, and so they won’t be used as bargaining chips in prisoner swap and end-of-hostility negotiations.
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