Kidnapped Ukrainian children thank soldiers

Already in the first months of the war Mariupol occupied by Russia. The Ukrainian port city has been in Donetsk oblast since May 20 Vladimir Putin’s (70) troops checked. How important this conquest is to him became clear in Moscow on Wednesday.

At the Olympic Stadium Luzhniki a concert meeting was held under the motto “Glory to the defenders of the fatherland”. Among other things, the story was told of a soldier from Chelyabinsk nicknamed “Angel”, who reportedly killed 367 children in Mariupol would have saved during the capture of the city by Russian troops.

The father of seven children, Yuri Gagarin, volunteered at the front in early March, says the Russian actor Vladimir Mashkov (59) on stage. He is one of those artists in Russia who have supported Putin’s war from the very beginning.

Video suggests rescuing children

Before Gagarin herself in front of the public in the Luzhniki appears, a video is displayed showing how the supposed rescue would have happened. You see a soldier standing in front of bombed houses. “Now we will all gather and then quickly cross this street,” he tells several women with children. Among them is a girl in a pink jacket with two small cats in her hands. A destroyed residential area can be seen everywhere.

“Don’t cry, don’t be afraid,” he says, picking up a child. After the people cross the street, he shouts to them, “It’s safe there”. The women and children wave to him and say thank you.

The soldier is said to be Yuri Gagarin, a namesake of the famous Russian cosmonaut and first human in space. It’s unclear if the scenes were recreated or should have been done that way.

Mariupol girl thanks soldiers

In any case, Gagarin was greeted with thunderous applause on the stadium stage. Next to him are a dozen children. “These are the children you saved. And think of Anja Naumenko? She is also there and wants to say a few important wordsin» says moderator Julia Baranovskaya (42) to army personnel.

A teenage girl in a gray down jacket and with Eyebrow Slits steps forward. “Thanks to Uncle Jura for saving me, my sister and hundreds of thousands of other children. Out Mariupol», she says, nervously breaks off and turns to the moderators. “I have a little forget…», can be heard before she holds the microphone. On Twitter, users are convinced that the child has been pre-given a text to memorize, which she stupidly messes up in front of an audience.

«Anyuta, have no fear. You can go up to him and hug him,” the presenter tries to cover up the girl’s “blunder” and pushes the child into Gagarin’s arms. “Children, let’s all hug together. Looks like! This is the one who saved you.” The children and teenagers then flock to the soldier. The little ones press tightly against the man in uniform.

“We have a duty to defend these children”

“These are the children of Donbass, children out Mariupol, these are our children. And we – the Russian army – are obliged to defend this people and these children. We are a strong army. We are a mighty army. But we need your support,” he shouts, earning thunderous applause. “We are together and we will win. Truth and God are on our side. Let’s protect our country from the gray plague,” Gagarin ends his speech and runs off stage with the children.

Whether these girls and guys actually date kids Mariupol acts and how they ended up in Russia is unclear.

Scientists at Yale University in the US recently found that the Russian government has kidnapped at least 6,000 Ukrainian children since the start of the war. Those affected are between four months and 17 years old. (man)

Source: Blick