The Moscow children’s commissar criticizes the warrant for war crimes

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In this context, the International Criminal Court in The Hague is looking for the 38-year-old for war crimes with an arrest warrant.

The children from the war zone would be taken to safety and cared for in Russia if there were no parents or relatives, Lvowa-Belowa said in Moscow on Tuesday. If a child goes missing, Ukrainians have the opportunity to contact the children’s commissioner with a wanted message. At the same time, the official criticized the criminal court’s accusations, which were not recognized by Russia, as “abstract”.

“To date, the representatives of the Court have not approached the Children’s Commissioner or her unit, nor sent or requested any documents,” she said. Ukraine accuses Russia of forcibly abducting thousands of children. In Kiev, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy complained that the boys and girls were being stripped of their Ukrainian identities and forcibly Russified. Lwowa-Belowa dismissed this as a “lie” and demanded proof.

Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin, who also has an arrest warrant for the deportation of children, had hired the official and instructed her to take in orphaned children from the war zone. She will continue her work regardless of the ruling of the court in The Hague, she said at a press conference in Moscow.

At the same time, she pointed out that in cooperation with the Red Cross, children had returned to their Ukrainian parents in different countries. On March 29, there were 16 boys and girls from nine families. From the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, 380 children are currently being taken care of by Russian families. “We do everything we can to bring families together,” she said.

Human rights organizations repeatedly demand access to the children. Lwova-Belowa has now rejected allegations from Ukraine and Western countries that there are “secret camps for the re-education” of the children. At the same time, she accused the Ukrainian government of failing to bring the children in the war zone to safety from hostilities.

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. According to the United Nations, 501 minors had died by April 2. Many boys and girls have lost their parents to the Russian offensive war. Thousands are on the run.

(SDA)

Source: Blick