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A view exhibits a residential constructing destroyed in the midst of Ukraine-Russia battle within the southern port metropolis of Mariupol, Ukraine April 14, 2022. Image taken with a drone. REUTERS FILE PHOTO
Russia has introduced some 700,000 kids from the battle zones in Ukraine into Russian territory, Grigory Karasin, head of the worldwide committee within the Federation Council, Russia’s higher home of parliament, mentioned late on Sunday.
“Lately, 700,000 kids have discovered refuge with us, fleeing the bombing and shelling from the battle areas in Ukraine,” Karasin wrote on his Telegram messaging channel.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion on its western neighbor Ukraine in February 2022. Moscow says its program of deliver kids from Ukraine into Russian territory is to guard orphans and kids deserted within the battle zone.
Nonetheless, Ukraine says many kids have been illegally deported and america says 1000’s of youngsters have been forcibly faraway from their houses.
A lot of the motion of individuals and kids occurred within the first few months of the conflict and earlier than Ukraine began its main counter offensive to regain occupied territories within the east and south in late August.
In July 2022, america estimated that Russia “forcibly deported” 260,000 kids, whereas Ukraine’s Ministry of Integration of Occupied Territories, says 19,492 Ukrainian kids are presently thought-about illegally deported.
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