"Both were born in a free Ukraine, but have lived for more than a decade in territory occupied by the Russian army. Last week, Ukrainian lawyer and international law expert Katerina Rashevska showed their photos before the United States Senate. She denounced that the organization she works for in Kyiv, the Regional Center for Human Rights (RCHR), has documented 165 camps where Ukrainian children are subjected to a process of Russification."
"According to records from Kyiv, Russia has forcibly transferred more than 19,500 Ukrainian children, either to Russian territory or to areas occupied by its troops in the east of the country, which was invaded in February 2022. Yale University, which closely follows the horrific journey of these children taken from Ukraine, estimates that the number could exceed 35,000. Whichever figure is higher, it far surpasses the number of adult Ukrainian civilians in Russian prisons"
Yelizaveta (16) and Mykhailo (12) were born in Simferopol and Makiivka and have lived for over a decade under Russian occupation. The Regional Center for Human Rights (RCHR) documented 165 camps where Ukrainian children undergo Russification. Moscow temporarily sent the two children to the Songdowon camp in North Korea, the first identified Ukrainian minors transferred there as part of child indoctrination. Kyiv records list more than 19,500 forcibly transferred children, while Yale estimates the number could exceed 35,000. Repatriated accounts report forced transfer, indoctrination, militarization, deportation, family separation, mistreatment, torture, and some cases of sexual violence.
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