Lubinec told how and why the Russian Federation is launching its "tentacles" into the process of returning Ukrainian children
Kyiv • UNN
Russia is trying to obtain data on Ukrainian children through charitable foundations. They are interested in personal data of children in the temporarily occupied territories, logistics of return, which may threaten operations.
Russia is launching its "tentacles" into the process of returning Ukrainian children from TOT and Russia. And it does this, in particular, through various charitable foundations, which under the guise of assistance try to find out as much personal data of children in TOT and logistics of return as possible. This was reported by Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets, reports UNN.
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According to Lubinets, recently the media has begun to spread information that looks like a planned campaign to discredit the work of Ukrainian state bodies, in particular related to the return of Ukrainian children from temporarily occupied territories and the territory of Russia.
The Ombudsman noted that not so long ago there was a meeting between employees of the Ombudsman's Office and the head of a charitable foundation who wanted to join the return of Ukrainian children. After preliminary consultations, a corresponding memorandum of cooperation was signed. The foundation did provide assistance, but later certain alarming signals began to be observed from its head.
Namely:
- insistent demands for participation in working meetings;
- attempts to gain access to the personal data of children who are still in TOT and in the Russian Federation;
- interest in the details of logistics of return and routes;
- attempts to establish who exactly provides assistance in this process in the temporarily occupied territories and in the Russian Federation.
Due to the fact that the Ombudsman's Office cannot satisfy such requirements, a year ago it decided to terminate cooperation with the specified foundation.
I want to clearly state: all this information is extremely sensitive and classified. Its disclosure may jeopardize not only the effectiveness of return operations, but also the safety of people who directly contribute to these processes. These people are exposed to serious threats, including the risk to life
At the same time, the ombudsman stressed that all financial support of the foundation was directed exclusively to help families who were waiting for the return of children.
A year has passed. There was an information attack on the Office of the Commissioner, as well as on me personally. Unknown persons associated with the above-mentioned organization began to spread disinformation, including through international channels, accusing them of alleged corruption
In his opinion, such activity coincides with the information operations of the Russian Federation, the purpose of which is to discredit Ukrainian state institutions and disrupt the process of returning children.
"...representatives of this foundation appealed to law enforcement agencies. We are completely open and expect transparent conclusions in accordance with current legislation," the official said and added that it became known from open sources that a representative of the foundation went on foreign trips, where she presented herself as a partner of Ukrainian state bodies, collecting significant amounts of funds, millions of euros. At the same time, the amount spent on the return of children, publicly declared by her, amounted to only 18 thousand US dollars.
In addition, there was information that this person was trying to organize a press conference for a representative of the aggressor country. Moreover, the head of the Kyiv office of her organization is a former citizen of the Russian Federation, who now uses a diplomatic passport as the wife of a foreign diplomat. This information is already partially in the public space and is known to the relevant state bodies