Russia committed ‘crimes against humanity’ in deporting Ukrainian children, U.N. says

Geneva –

Moscow’s deportation and forcible transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia amounts to a crime against humanity, a United Nations team of investigators said Tuesday.

The U.N.’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said it had collected evidence leading it to conclude that “Russian authorities have committed the crimes against humanity of deportation and forcible transfer, as well as of enforced disappearance of children.”

The probe was established by the U.N. Human Rights Council shortly after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.