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> The Belarus Red Cross has sparked international outrage after its chief told Belarusian state television that the organisation is actively involved in bringing Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied areas to Belarus.
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> Both Ukraine and the Belarusian opposition have labelled the transfers unlawful deportations, and there have been calls for international war crimes charges for the authoritarian Belarus leader, similar to the charges against Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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> A report that aired Wednesday on Belarus state TV showed Dzmitry Shautsou, the head of the Belarus Red Cross, visiting the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Lysychansk in the Luhansk region.
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> In the footage, he says the organisation was actively involved in bringing Ukrainian children to Belarus for “health improvement” purposes.
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> “The Belarus Red Cross has taken – and is taking, and will be taking – an active part in it,” Shautsou said.
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> Last month, Belarusian opposition activist Pavel Latushka said he has provided the ICC with material allegedly detailing the forced transfer of 2,100 Ukrainian children from at least 15 Russia-occupied Ukrainian cities to Belarus with Lukashenko’s approval. Minsk has angrily rejected the allegations.
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> The Belarus Red Cross has sparked international outrage after its chief told Belarusian state television that the organisation is actively involved in bringing Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied areas to Belarus.
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> Both Ukraine and the Belarusian opposition have labelled the transfers unlawful deportations, and there have been calls for international war crimes charges for the authoritarian Belarus leader, similar to the charges against Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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> A report that aired Wednesday on Belarus state TV showed Dzmitry Shautsou, the head of the Belarus Red Cross, visiting the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Lysychansk in the Luhansk region.
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> In the footage, he says the organisation was actively involved in bringing Ukrainian children to Belarus for “health improvement” purposes.
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> “The Belarus Red Cross has taken – and is taking, and will be taking – an active part in it,” Shautsou said.
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> Last month, Belarusian opposition activist Pavel Latushka said he has provided the ICC with material allegedly detailing the forced transfer of 2,100 Ukrainian children from at least 15 Russia-occupied Ukrainian cities to Belarus with Lukashenko’s approval. Minsk has angrily rejected the allegations.
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[The head of Belarus Red Cross.](https://twitter.com/Belsat_TV/status/1679440630257180674)
The Red Cross. Investigation now