The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said, this Thursday, in Brussels, that she is working with the United Nations, with the Secretary General, António Guterres, who offered the availability of UN agencies to help locate and organize the return of Ukrainian children deported by Russia.
Von der Leyen declares herself “committed” to the creation of an initiative to help rescue Ukrainian children deported to Russia and now wants to sensitize the international community about what she classifies as a criminal act.
“It is a horrible reminder of the darkest times in our history,” said the president of the European Commission, considering that the deportation of children “is a war crime.”
“We know today that, of the 16,200 children deported, only 300 have returned so far,” he lamented, considering that “these criminal actions fully justify the arrest warrants issued by the ICC.”
Ursula von der Leyen says she is “committed” to ensuring the children are returned to their families of origin and “in partnership with the Ukrainian Prime Minister, [o presidnete polaco]Matausz Moravieki launched an initiative “with the aim of bringing back these children who were kidnapped by Russia.”
On the basis of this association, an international conference will be organized to draw attention to the issue, with the aim of “ensuring international pressure to take all possible measures and determine the whereabouts of these children.”
“We aspire to help the UN and international organizations obtain the best and most complete information on children deported to Russia, including children who have already been adopted or transferred to Russian host families,” he said, saying he was already working with The United Nations. nations.
“I am very grateful to the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, for offering the support of the UN agencies, which naturally have significant experience on this very difficult issue,” she said.
The issue was under discussion, this Thursday, at the European summit where the 27 pledged to maintain military aid to Ukraine, including the shipment of missiles, if they were requested.
The Ukrainian president attended the summit, in an intervention by videoconference, from Ukraine, during a train trip, back to Kiev, after having been yesterday with soldiers on the Bakhmut battlefront.
Zelensky asked for modern combat aircraft and long-range missiles.
Source: TSF
