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The deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia constitutes a crime against humanity and a war crime, the UN has said.

A new report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine says Russian authorities "at the highest level" have deported "thousands" of children from the occupied areas of Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin's "direct involvement" has been "visibile form the outset," it adds.

Ukraine says almost 20,000 children have been illegally sent to Russia and Belarus.

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[–] BoJackHorseman@lemmy.today -2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Whataboutism doesn't absolve one country of its crimes, I absolutely agree with it.

However, whataboutism does highlight the hypocrisy of the UN and why we should not trust what a hypocritical organisation has to say.

Russia says they're keeping children of Russian ethnicity safe from a war zone. Children from Ukraine were trafficked to Epstein Island according to the Epstein files. I do not believe that Epstein does not have a successor. Maybe Russia has a point, maybe they don't. But we should take the words of a western controlled biased organisation with a grain of salt.

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I also wouldn't trust UN with anything however it is already well documented that Russian state has been forcefully removing kids from warzones and adopting them into Russian families. These are many times kids whose parents are not even dead but imprisoned by Russia. There is no intent of returning these kids back once the war is over. This is just "Handmaid's Tale" tier nightmare stuff for kids on top of an already nightmarish war. Trying to spin an Epstein angle on this just blatant propaganda. There are sources claiming that Epstein was used as a honeytrap operation by Russia. Epstein was likely an asset for many powerful countries including Russia, Israel and US. They all knew what the fuck was going on and did not move a finger until it was all out in the open. So this story about protecting children from Epstein's circle, I am not buying it.

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