Wagner PMC fighters illegally deport 4 families with children from Bakhmut

The Prosecutor General's Office reported the information.

While monitoring the media and pro-Russian telegram channels, law enforcement officers found a video in which Wagner mercenaries, led by their leader, were taking away Ukrainian children.

The event most probably took place on April 16, 2023. The perpetrators illegally deported 2 families with 2 children from the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region. 

There is also another video where a Wagner fighter talks to one of these families and a child in a temporary detention center.  

On April 17 to 18, 2 more families with young children were taken from Bakhmut by armed Wagner fighters in an unknown direction. 

In total, at least 3 boys and 1 girl are known to have been illegally deported. 

"Juvenile prosecutors of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office have launched a pre-trial investigation into violations of the laws and customs of war," the press service writes.

The prosecutor's office is establishing the circumstances and searching for the Ukrainian children.