Russia’s Cruelest War Crime, Kidnapping Ukraine’s Children
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Russia’s Cruelest War Crime, Kidnapping Ukraine’s Children

Mitzi Perdue

Maria Lvova-Belova, Putin’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, boasts that 700,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia “for their safety.” Among Russia’s War Crimes, kidnapping Ukraine’s children may be the cruelest. Sadly, it exists on a horrific scale.

The anguish of these children’s families is hard to imagine, but what about the experience of the children who were actually kidnapped? Only a few have been rescued, but here’s the experience of two Ukrainian children who were victims of this crime.

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