EU imposes sanctions over helping Russia abduct thousands of Ukrainian children
The measures add to sanctions on more than 130 people and entities as the EU seeks to pressure Russia over child abductions and identity erasure.
- On Monday, The European Union imposed sanctions on 16 officials and seven centers accused of helping Russia abduct thousands of Ukrainian Children and force them into indoctrination or military training programs.
- Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, an estimated 20,500 children have been unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred to Russian-held territories in eastern Ukraine, where many are stripped of their Ukrainian identity and given Russian passports.
- Among those sanctioned is Lilya Shvetsova, head of the Red Carnation camp in occupied Crimea, who supervised "activities aimed at shaping the political and ideological views" of children; over 130 entities are now under The European Union sanctions.
- Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Bra said at a Brussels meeting that abductions constitute features of the Genocide Convention, while The European Union hosted a 47-country International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children to increase diplomatic pressure on Russia.
- Around 2,200 children have been returned, but identification remains complicated and the process is harrowing; The European Union officials warn that some children are not necessarily welcomed when they return home.
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Two days after Vladimir Putin announced that the war in Ukraine could "be nearing its end," the European Union on Monday, May 11, imposed new sanctions against Russian individuals and entities linked to one of the most heinous crimes of the conflict: Moscow's abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children, taken from their homes [...]
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EU targets Russians with sanctions over the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children
The European Union has imposed sanctions on 16 officials accused of helping Russia abduct tens of thousands of children from Ukraine. The officials, all Russian nationals, are linked to unlawful...
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion about four years ago, an estimated 20,000 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia or occupied territories, where the children are threatened with ideological indoctrination and "russification".
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