Russians plan to take children from Ukrainian occupied territories through Belarus

The Russians have been compiling lists of children from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine whom they plan to take to the Russian Federation through Belarus.

Source: Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights; Ukrinform news agency 

Quote from Lubinets: "We are witnessing a new systemic issue where Russians are deporting Ukrainian children specifically through Belarusian territory. According to my information, they are continuously compiling new lists of children currently staying in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, particularly Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, who will be transported to Russia through Belarus."

Details: Lubinets believes that by doing this, the Russians may be attempting to cover up information that Ukrainian children are present on Russian territory. 

He expressed the opinion that Belarus is an additional factor for Russians to conceal information regarding deported Ukrainian children.

Lubinets stated that establishing the act of deportation and verifying a child’s identity is meticulous work. Information regarding who took the children, from where and how they brought them to Russian territory needs to be established. Finding such information is highly challenging when such actions happen through Belarusian territory.

Answering the question of how many Ukrainian children are currently on Belarusian territory, he noted that there could be thousands. 

However, Lubinets said they are there temporarily. "That is, it is an intermediate point in logistics before being transported to the Russian Federation". 

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