More than 19,000 children were deported from Ukraine, of which almost 4,400 were orphans or children without parental care
Today, the Ukrainian authorities know about more than 19,500 Ukrainian children who were deported during the Russian-Ukrainian war.
This was reported by the National Information Bureau under the Ministry of Reintegration, which collects data on deported Ukrainian children.
It is noted that the summarized data is posted on the Children of War state portal. The Office of the President, the State Security Service, the Security Service of Ukraine, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the National Police, public organizations, etc., are involved in their collection and analysis.
– According to the latest data of the National Information Bureau, 19,514 Ukrainian children are currently considered illegally deported, – the National Information Bureau reported.
In addition, in the temporarily occupied territories and in Russia, about 4,390 status children are known, which include orphans and children deprived of parental care.
The National Information Bureau collects data on deported Ukrainian children, which in the future will be used by Ukrainian and international investigators to prosecute those responsible for the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children.
The Ministry of Reintegration reminded that if you have information about the illegal deportation of a child, you should report it to the 24-hour the National Information Bureau hotline: 16-48 and (044) 287-81-65, or using Telegram and Viber chatbots.
Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets previously stated that the highest military and political leadership of the Russian Federation was involved in the forced deportation of Ukrainian children.
