Children, alone, forcibly transferred from Ukraine to Russia? The United Nations Under-Secretary General for Human Rights is convinced of this. At a meeting of the UN Security CouncilWednesday, September 7, IIze Brands Kehris said that ithere were “credible accusations”. Russia’s UN ambassador Vasily Nebenzia has dismissed accusations “unfounded”, which he called “legend”. Follow our live.
Washington accuses Russia of “filtering” hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians. At UN Security Council, Ilize Brands Kehris also expressed concern about the existence of filtration camps through which Ukrainians sent to Russia pass. This was confirmed by Deputy Spokesman for US Diplomacy, Vedant Patel: “We have information that officials from the Russian Presidential Administration are overseeing and coordinating these triage operations” of hundreds of thousands of people. These officials at the highest level “provide lists of Ukrainians to target”with the aim of eventually facilitating the annexation of territories under its control.
kyiv has taken over several localities near Kharkiv, assures Zelensky. “This week we have good news from the Kharkiv region”, said the Ukrainian president in his video speech on Wednesday evening broadcast on social networks. Refusing to name them, he referred to “localities where the Ukrainian flag returned”.
kyiv acknowledges for the first time having targeted Russian bases in Crimea. The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Valery Zaluzhny, for the first time on Wednesday admitted to carrying out missile strikes in August, “on enemy military bases”, in annexed Crimea, “especially on Saki aerodrome”.