Russia has kidnapped at least 200,000 Ukrainian children. The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky denounced him in his speech at the international conference in The Hague on the persecution of Russian war crimes. “The number of how many children have been kidnapped by Russian forces and taken out of Ukraine is still to be determined. The preliminary figures are terrible, about 200,000 children,” Zelensky said, quoted by Ukrinform.
In his interview Zelensky stressed that for legal reasons it is impossible to prosecute the main criminals and therefore it is a special tribunal for war crimes committed by the Russian army is needed.
The destruction of Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane in 2014 “attracted global attention. 80 children died. It is impossible to forget their photos with toys. Time passes, but justice does its job. Investigators succeeded. to get a complete picture of what happened at MH17 And the disaster has simply become one of those crimes committed by Russia since 2014. This morning, Russian missiles hit Vinnytsia. Cruise missiles hit 2 civilian buildings. They hit a medical center. Right now, 20 people have died, 3 of them children, “Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian president noted that since the beginning of the large-scale invasion, Ukrainian law enforcement agencies recorded 34,039 crimes related to Russian aggression. “I believe that the International Criminal Court will inevitably ensure accountability of those guilty of crimes under its jurisdiction: war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide,” added Zelensky, stressing that a special court is needed for war crimes committed. by the Russian army.
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