In Mariupol, TV report shown where collaborator talks about abduction of Ukrainian children

In the temporarily occupied Mariupol, local television showed a story in which the "'head of the service for families and children' talks about the crimes against children's rights committed by the 'administration'.

Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

Andriushchenko posted the video and commented on it: "In the video ... the propagandist openly admits that at the beginning of the occupation, Mariupol children whose parents are unknown were abducted to "greater Russia" and placed under guardianship (crime number one). Then the traitor and criminal Onatsky tells in detail that the other 444 children without parents in Mariupol are under the care of the occupation authorities (crime number two)."

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In the video, the "'official' admits that not all of the children he mentioned had lost their parents or close relatives - he determines which of their guardians is unable to fulfill their duties. At the same time, the "orphanage" to which Onatskyi plans to move the children is still undergoing reconstruction.

"As a result, one video will be enough for both for life imprisonment. Moreover, it will also help in the investigation of the crime of Maria Lvova-Belova as evidence for the investigators of the International Criminal Court," Andriushchenko said.

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As reported, on March 17, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber issued arrest warrants for Russian President Putin and Children's Commissioner for Human Rights Lvova-Belova. They are suspected of war crimes - deportation and illegal displacement of the population, including children, from the occupied territory of Ukraine.