On March 19, the Russian occupation forces illegally deported to the territory of the Russian Federation 2,389 children who were in the occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reports.
Forced displacement of civilians into the territory of the aggressor state, including children, shows signs of abduction. Such actions are a gross violation of international law, in particular international humanitarian law.
We join the Ministry in their call on the international community to respond to the illegal removal of children, to increase pressure on Russia to make it stop the barbaric war against the Ukrainian people.
Read the full MFA’s statement here.
