"We know that there are children who come back from some of those engagements thinking that fighting Ukraine is the right thing to do," she added. In May, Ukraine claimed at least 16,000 children have been deported to Russia from Russian-held territory in Ukraine during the war.ĭame Melinda said children taken or kept by Russia were "subject to an extraordinary, relentless range of brainwashing", which in turn "creates a psychological barrier between the kids and their parents". It's the reason why the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant in March for Vladimir Putin and his children's rights commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova - the same official who spoke earlier today about the transfer of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children. The unlawful deportation of children is considered a war crime. "It's pretty clear that if you steal children from the country, you are doing it to cut off at the knees the idea that there is a viable next generation that will defend the country." "It's horrendous on every conceivable level," Dame Melinda said.
Shortly before those comments, the UK's ambassador to Ukraine, Dame Melinda Simmons, told Ukrainian news outlet ArmyInform that transferring children amounted to abduction, designed to sever ties with Ukraine. A Kremlin official has claimed that more than 700,000 children have been transferred from Ukraine to Russia since the start of the war, most of whom did not have parental supervision and were removed as a gesture of "goodwill" - see our 12.09pm post for more details.
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