Moscow has received a demand list from Kyiv requesting the return of hundreds of children allegedly taken from Ukraine since 2022. This situation coincides with ceasefire negotiations and is compounded by an arrest warrant against Putin for the unlawful deportation of children. Ukrainian officials claim over 19,000 children were forcibly removed, asserting that such actions aim at eradicating Ukrainian culture. As of June, only 1,345 have returned, raising concerns about the ongoing plight of affected families and the genuine intentions of Russia in peace discussions.
Ukrainian diplomats handed their Russian counterparts a list of hundreds of children that they said were taken from Russia-occupied Ukrainian regions since 2022.
The aim is genocide of the Ukrainian people through Ukrainian children, Daria Herasymchuk, a presidential adviser on children's rights, told Al Jazeera.
The return of these children could become the first test of the sincerity of Russia's intentions to reach a peace settlement, Andriy Yermak stated.
Putin, his allies and Kremlin-backed media insist that Ukraine is an artificial state with no cultural and ethnic identity.
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