Lukashenka Assists In Stealing Thousands Of Ukrainian Children

And he started to do it even before the war.

Over the past three years, 2219 Ukrainian children from the territories under Russian occupation have been taken to Belarus. This was discussed at a briefing of the International Group of Human Rights Organisations, which includes the ZMINA Human Rights Centre.

It is noted that the removal of children from the occupied part of Donbas to Belarus began in the second half of 2021, and this process continued at least until June 2024. At that, children were most often taken out during the school year.

Although the occupants claimed that they were taking the children temporarily on holiday, in reality they were subjected to indoctrination, i.e. political and cultural ‘re-education’. Some children were sent to Belarusian schools, where they were taught according to a programme similar to the Russian one, which was full of Kremlin propaganda. At that, the Belarusian state identifies Ukrainian children in Belarus as ‘Russian’ and recognises the Russian citizenship imposed on them.

Human rights activists also found evidence of involving Ukrainian children in paramilitary youth organisations in Belarus. Service in the armed forces of Russia is also promoted among children.

Human rights activists note that the figure of 2,219 children taken to Belarus is incomplete, as it includes only those cases, for which there is convincing evidence.

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