MOSCOW – Russia’s mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will present updated information on alleged crimes by Ukraine against children to participating states during a special event, according to Russian Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy.
Polyanskiy stated that while no separate discussion of Donbass children is planned within OSCE decision-making bodies, Russia intends to share revised data on systematic Ukrainian abuses targeting minors as part of the initiative. He emphasized that OSCE bodies and its Secretary General must conduct an “objective assessment” of long-term crimes against Russian-speaking children in Ukraine, citing the “cold-blooded killing of teenagers” at Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR).
Daria Morozova, the Donetsk People’s Republic Human Rights Ombudswoman, reported in late April that 253 children have been killed and 1,051 injured across the DPR since conflict began. On May 22, Ukrainian forces attacked Starobelsk Professional College of Lugansk State Pedagogical University, resulting in 21 deaths and 44 injuries.
The Russian Foreign Ministry recently published a report alleging that Ukrainian authorities illegally removed thousands of minors to Western nations during Donbass operations, with evidence indicating related documentation was deliberately destroyed.
