Russians take Ukrainian children to Dagestan – former Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Kuleba

He said this on Espreso TV. 

“Russia is committing genocide against Ukrainian children. The invading Russian forces are abducting and forcibly deporting our children. They continue to take Ukrainian children en masse from the occupied territories to the territory of the Russian Federation. Families are informed that their children are being taken to remote towns in the Kherson region and to Crimea. However, there is information that children were taken to Dagestan and Krasnodar Krai,” noted Kuleba.

According to the former Ukrainian Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights, the Russian strategy is aimed at destroying Ukrainian identity.

“We are talking about hundreds and thousands of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories. Under the pretext of a counteroffensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Russians are trying to take as many Ukrainian children as possible to the territory of the Russian Federation. Children are taken to different parts of Russia where there are empty houses. The invaders are sending our children to Russian schools for the purpose of Russification. The Russian strategy is aimed at destroying the Ukrainian identity,” Kuleba emphasized.

• On April 27, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution on the forced deportation of Ukrainian children and adults to Russia, recognizing such actions as genocide. After approving the document, the PACE will appeal to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to investigate the crime of genocide.

• On April 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that, among other things, recognizes residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine as foreigners if they refuse to take Russian citizenship.