Britain imposes new sanctions against Russia over deportation of Ukrainian children
Kyiv • UNN
The UK has imposed sanctions on 10 Russian officials and organizations over the forced deportation of Ukrainian children. More than 19,500 children were forcibly taken to the Russian Federation, where they are subjected to indoctrination in re-education camps.
On November 19, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on ten Russian officials and organizations responsible for the forced deportation of Ukrainian children. The introduction of restrictions was timed to coincide with the 100th day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. UNN reports this with reference to the press service of the government.
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According to a statement by the British government, more than 19,500 Ukrainian children have been forcibly displaced or deported by Russian authorities to Russia and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
About 6,000 Ukrainian children have been transferred to a network of re-education camps. There, they are subjected to indoctrination aimed at eroding their Ukrainian identity and inculcating pro-Russian sentiments.
Russian authorities are teaching Ukrainian children a curriculum that rewrites the history of Russia and Ukraine, glorifies Russian military actions and promotes loyalty to Russia, and in some cases includes military training
The sanctions were imposed, in particular, against the All-Russian military-patriotic public movement “Yunarmiya” - a Russian paramilitary organization that is said to be central to Putin's attempts to forcibly deport and indoctrinate the younger generation of Ukraine.
The sanctions also targeted Tatiana Zavalska, the Russian-appointed head of the Kherson orphanage, from which 46 children were forcibly taken to Russia for adoption.
Vitaliy Oleksandrovych Suk, director of the Oleshky boarding school for children with disabilities in Kherson, was also subject to restrictions for using his official position to illegally take Ukrainian children with disabilities out of Kherson.
