1 month ago
Department of State
Good afternoon and welcome to today’s Foreign Press Center briefing “Evidence of Russia’s War Crimes and Other Atrocities in Ukraine: Recent Reporting on Child Relocations.” My name is Doris Robinson and I’m the briefing moderator. As I mentioned, in one – actually two camps, children have been placed with Russian foster families. And what we have found in that group is that they are from Russia-occupied areas in Ukraine – Donetsk and Luhansk. Those children were largely in state institutions controlled by Ukraine at the time of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. They were then moved by Russia officials into Russia or Russia-occupied territory, in one case including disabled children from a state hospital.
Continue reading...
