Russland vs. Ukraine

[Schneemann]

Noch ein anderes Thema: Die Verschleppung von ukrainischen Kindern durch die Russen. Das ist ein heikles Thema, einerseits wegen der Materie selbst, andererseits weil man hier nur relativ ungenaue Zahlen findet (je nach Quelle gibt es recht deutliche Abweichungen).

Hinzu kommt, dass man sich sehr schnell den Vorwurf einfangen kann, man betreibe antirussische Propaganda, wenn man dieses eindeutige Kriegsverbrechen anspricht - manche prorussischen Quellen und Moskau-Proponenten in den sozialen Netzen vergleichen die Behauptungen dahingehend sogar mit der Brutkastenlüge aus dem Golfkrieg 1991 (was natürlich nur ein weiterer Versuch ist, mediale Verwirrung zu stiften). Denn während diese Brutkastengeschichte seinerzeit tatsächlich erfunden und gestellt war, ist die Verschleppung ukrainischer Kinder keine Erfindung, egal ob man höheren oder niedrigeren Zahlen glauben will. Und ein Kriegsverbrechen ist es allemal, egal, wie hoch man die Zahl der Betroffenen ansetzt...

The Kids Aren’t Alright

Kyiv says more than 16,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia. This is the story of a few who made it home. [...]

According to Ukraine’s National Information Bureau, more than 16,000 children have been taken to Russia or Russian-controlled territory since the invasion last February, while other estimates place the figure as high as 400,000. Moscow claims any children now under its watch were either orphans or had requested evacuation, but Kyiv warns of a far more sinister plot: generational genocide, an attempt to erase Ukraine’s identity by stealing its future.

Some children were taken from occupied areas such as Kherson and the Kharkiv region, their parents asked to sign a release form without being told the children would not be coming back. Others were taken from conflict hot spots such as Mariupol or from filtration camps, the clearinghouses in Russia for evacuees from war zones in Ukraine. Many remain in camps or foster homes, but an unknown number of children, including children whose parents were killed by Russian forces, have been forcibly adopted in Russia. [...]

But some, a tiny handful, of the Ukrainian children have been brought back home. Through a local Telegram group, Markina, Verbovytskyi, and others heard about a charity, Save Ukraine, that was working to repatriate Ukrainian children. After two months of nervous planning, a group of 13 women set out in early April on an arduous journey through Poland, Belarus, and deep into enemy territory to rescue 31 children. They were eventually reunited in a camp on the western side of the Crimean Peninsula. [...]

Save Ukraine, which is working to locate and return as many children from Russia as possible, assisted with the ICC investigation. Mykola Kuleba, the head of the charity, said mothers first started reporting that their children were being taken to “summer” camps last August, with their first rescue mission taking place in September. [...]

At least 400 Ukrainian orphans have been adopted by Russian families, according to the Ukraine-based Regional Center for Human Rights, which calculated its figure in January from Russian government statements. Russia said 1,000 more were waiting to be adopted. Research by Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab released in February identified 32 “integration” camps where children are indoctrinated in Russian history, propaganda, language, and culture. [...]

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/17/rus...rimes-icc/

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