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Kuleba at UN calls on intl community to unite efforts to return Ukrainian children deported to Russia
KYIV. Feb 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba took part in a high-level event on gross violations of human rights caused by the aggression of the Russian Federation, where he called for joint efforts to return Ukrainian children.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a special event organized by Ukraine took place at the UN headquarters with the participation of 45 countries. In particular, the Foreign Ministers of the Netherlands, Guatemala, Estonia, and Canada took part.
The event was opened by the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska. In turn, Kuleba listed numerous Russian crimes, including forced deportation, filtration camps, torture, executions, sexual violence, the killing of civilians, missile and drone strikes on critical infrastructure and other atrocities.
He stressed that thousands of Ukrainian servicemen and civilians still remain in Russian captivity.
“The most disgusting Russian crime is the forced deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia, kidnapping them from their families and guardians. Thousands of orphans and children without parental care have been put up for adoption by Russian families. In general, we are talking about thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of children,” Kuleba said.
He stressed that all levels of the Russian government are involved in the deportation of children, which constitutes a crime of genocide.
“This horror must be stopped, and all the criminals involved in it must be held accountable. In order to stop it, we need to unite all our forces. Governments, the international community, international organizations, NGOs, activists, media, experts and lawyers,” the minister said.
He also again called for the creation of an international special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine to bring the political and military leadership of the Russian Federation to justice.
The Minister expressed support for the work of the International Criminal Court. He expressed hope for the broadest results of the work of the ISS and the presentation of suspicions to Russian criminals responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
