The Queen of Pop has taken to Instagram to endorse the efforts of a global peace summit to protect young Ukrainians abducted by Russian occupiers.
It is the heartbreaking tale that even has Madonna enraged. Almost 20,000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by Russian forces in occupied cities and towns, leaving war-torn families heartbroken and youngsters with deep psychological scars.
She emphasised the importance of the summit focused on humanitarian issues such as the release of prisoners and the return of children deported to Russia, adding she hoped it was a tool to end the war. Ukraine and its Western allies say Russia is committing a war crime and has sought to erase children’s Ukrainian identity. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova in March last year for allegedly overseeing the forced transfers.Russia denounced the warrants as “outrageous and unacceptable”.
The exact figure of children taken is unclear; where they are is mostly unknown. Most of them were taken from their homes and funnelled through summer camps in and around Crimea.“We are trying to get children back home, but time goes by. What will happen to them?” Zelensky said recently. “Those children in Russia are taught to hate Ukraine, and all ties with their families are broken.”
He shared the story of an eight-year-old girl who was sent to a Russian camp he said was designed to eradicate her Ukrainian identity.“Children are forbidden to speak Ukrainian or display any Ukrainian symbols. Children are severely punished if they resist singing the Russian anthem,” he said. One of the children had a new Russian name and a different age than the one listed on their Ukrainian document, and another had a Russianised version of their name. Nothing indicated that they were from Ukraine.
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