Zelenskyy responded to the abduction of children from TOT

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to a study of Yale University on the abduction of Ukrainian children from temporarily occupied territories. According to him, this is another solid evidence of Russian war crimes.

The Ukrainian leader wrote about this via Telegram on Tuesday, December 3.

Abduction of Ukrainian children

According to Zelenskyy, researchers have identified hundreds of Ukrainian children from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions who have been abducted by Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. In addition, their location and deportation routes have become known.

"148 young Ukrainians are already in Russian child placement databases, 42 of them are adopted, taken into care or have an appointed Russian guardian. Another 166 children are placed with Russian families. The report shows the whole world what Russia is going to do to erase Ukrainian identity. How systemic its policy in this direction is," the Head of State emphasized.

He noted that Ukraine is constantly working on returning children home, and all those guilty of the crime have been punished. Zelenskyy emphasized that this is a difficult challenge, but the country is doing everything necessary.

"And we are grateful to everyone who helps us. To every country, organization, leader — political and public. Only together we can restore justice, which Russia has violated on such a scale, protect the future of Ukrainian children and return them home," the Ukrainian leader added.

As a reminder, a report of the Yale School of Public Health states that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's planes and finances were used to evacuate Ukrainian children from temporarily occupied territories.

It should be recalled that on December 3, Zelenskyy held a meeting of the State Defense Committee, at which one of the main topics was a report on the conclusion of contracts for the production of weapons in Ukraine.