Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov brings children and youth from Ukraine and Russia to the country for military training. On his Telegram channel, he boasts that he is part of the program “Teens of Russia”. 200 “difficult youth” arrived in Chechnya, allegedly from the Russian-occupied regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. They would be known to the Russian juvenile courts.
The arrivals will receive “military-patriotic” training. Videos show boys and young men arriving, dressed in T-shirts with pictures of Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov, and lined up behind the flags of the self-proclaimed pro-Russian regions. It is unclear whether the young men came voluntarily. Some smile for the camera, but many keep their eyes down.
Kadyrov claims to cooperate with the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Russian Federation. This is Maria Lwova-Belowa, a confidante of Putin who has been repeatedly accused of kidnapping children. She likes to be photographed when children and young people get off trains in Moscow and the Russian provinces. But many of the orphans are girls and boys from occupied territories in Ukraine.
Lwova-Belowa repeatedly claimed that only children from children’s homes were brought to Russia. However, this does not automatically mean that they are also available for adoption or that they no longer have parents. Research by the AP news agency shows that many do not go voluntarily.
UN informed of alleged kidnappings
Ukraine reports thousands of children abducted to Russia according to Kiev. There are at least 11,000 children whose names are known, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday. “But those are just the ones we know of. In reality, more have been kidnapped.”
The head of the Kiev president’s cabinet, Andriy Yermak, discussed the issue at a major online conference on Monday. UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the ambassadors of the Group of Twenty Major Industrialized and Emerging Countries (G20) also participated.
“Our goal is to stop the violent abduction or deportation of children from Ukraine to the Russian Federation,” Yermak said, according to official information. Everything possible must be done to bring these children back and reunite them with their families.
The Russian army and Russian authorities confirm that children are being brought to Russia from Ukraine. They would be taken to safety from the combat zones or come to Russia for treatment or recovery.
Send your own sons to the front
In his video, Kadyrov gives the impression of a holiday camp in which the participants visit various institutions and participate in sporting events. The video also shows young people doing target practice and how they handle guns. You have to complete an obstacle course that involves physical fitness.
Putin’s bloodhound, as Kadyrov is known for his often martial attitude and the brutality of his troops, says he sent three of his underage sons to the front in Ukraine a few weeks ago. Photos showed how they handled weapons, but it could not be verified where the shots were taken. (t-online, when)
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