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Melania Trump revealed she received a letter from Vladimir Putin The fate of children displaced in the Ukrainian war.
Addressing the nation in a surprise announcement at 11 a.m. ET on Friday, the first lady said Putin had signaled his “willingness to contact me directly” about the Ukrainian children currently residing here. Russia.
The Kremlin leader’s response came after he was handed a letter from Melania during his Alaska summit with Trump in August and There are worrying concerns about Donald’s health due to a mysterious visit.
“Since then, President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication regarding the welfare of these children. Over the past three months, both parties have participated in various back-channel meetings and calls, all in good faith,” the First Lady said. he said.
He added that eight Ukrainian children moved here. Russia were handed over to their families Ukrainian.
President Leonid Pasechnik, appointed by the Kremlin last year Luhansk People’s Republicannounced Russia that summer it would “host” more than 12,000 children from the Eastern Ukraine region.
In addition, the “Beneficial Holidays” program was also announced, which will sponsor 40,000 Ukrainian children to “visit”. Russia Attending summer camps.
Some of the children were planned to be taken to Vladivostok, 9,000 miles east of Russia. Ukrainian and just north of North Korea.
Researchers at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said the proposed “camps” were “an essential component of warfare”. RussiaCampaign to deport Ukrainians, including children Russia“
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The forcible transfer of children “with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group” is classified as genocide Pursuant to Article 6 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Kidnapped children are re-educated through a process of “Russification” in which they are banned from speaking Ukrainian and forced to learn Russian.
They are taught Russian culture and history while being exposed to propaganda. Some are taken to “patriotic” places or forced to undergo military training.
The ISW report added: “Russian authorities will likely increase deportation efforts under the guise of summer vacation, but these programs represent acts of genocide against the Ukrainian people despite Russian efforts to disguise them as temporary and positive educational opportunities.”
It is understood that children from occupied Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine were taken to the Vladivostok camp in the Russian Far East.
This comes after Donald and Melania’s unusual sleeping arrangements were revealed.
