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There seems to be a misinterpretation of information that creates a mirage to disguise “Russia Human Trafficking Raising ‘Red Flags’ over Potential Protection Crisis.”

LOOK CLOSER AT BOTH OF YOUR ARTICLES CITED:

1st article: “2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Russia”
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/russia/

** RUSSIA (Tier 3)
The Government of Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and IS NOT MAKING SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO DO SO.

The Government of Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and IS NOT MAKING SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO DO SO https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/russia/

***UKRAINE (Tier 2)
The Government of Ukraine does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.

The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period; therefore Ukraine remained on Tier 2. These efforts included significantly increasing cooperation with European counterparts on anti-trafficking investigations despite diminished resources and capacity due to Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. For the second consecutive year, the government also allocated more money to its national budget for anti-trafficking measures.

Finally, the government increased awareness efforts, especially among displaced Ukrainians, and screened for potential trafficking victims amongst vulnerable populations.

During the reporting period, Ukraine’s government operated on a total-war footing to withstand RUSSIA’S UNPROVOKED FULL-SCALE INVASION,
a) PERFORMING A RANGE OF CORE FUNCTIONS TO MITIGATE TRAFFICKING RISKS DESPITE MAJOR WAR-RELATED CHALLENGES,
b) CONTINUED RUSSIAN STRIKES ON UKRAINIAN CULTURE AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TARGETS, and
c) DISPLACEMENT OF NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF UKRAINE’S POPULATION, MANY OF WHOM FACED INCREASED HUMAN TRAFFICKING RISKS.
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/ukraine/

2nd ARTICLE:
The source “Mounting Reports of Crimes against Women, Children in Ukraine Raising ‘Red Flags’ over Potential Protection Crisis, Executive Director Tells Security Council” Source: https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc14857.doc.htm

*This ARTICLE describes in detail
1) The Russian Federation abuse of Ukrainian women and children.
2) Discloses the Russian Federation has launched a policy of extermination against his people, he said, also noting that Ms. Cherepakha’s snapshot of the repressions being committed against Ukrainian women are just a few instances of many.

Against that backdrop, the national prosecutor’s office is launching a special mechanism to document sexual violence committed by RUSSIAN SOLDIERS against Ukrainian women, and is closely cooperating with non-governmental groups and United Nations officials working in a similar capacity on the ground.

BTW interestingly, a request was made by RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO REMOVE AGENDA ITEMS PERTAINING TO UKRAINE

However, the meeting began at 10:05 a.m. and ended at 12:59 p.m. with Briefings SIMA BAHOUS, Executive Director, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), expressed solidarity with Ukrainian women, men, girls and boys, stressing that the fighting must stop now. She recently returned from the Republic of Moldova, which despite still reeling from COVID-19 and other challenges, has opened its borders and homes for people fleeing fighting in Ukraine, mostly exhausted and anxious women and children.

Sharing some of their stories, she said buses full of civilians were met with dignity and compassion by volunteers from civil society organizations at the Moldovan border. In line with its coordination mandate, she said, UN-Women is supporting those who have been displaced “to ensure that the gendered nature of this crisis is addressed with a gender-sensitive response”.

“This trauma risks destroying a generation,” she warned, condemning in the strongest terms the recent attack on Kramatorsk train station, which killed civilians and civil society members working in partnership with the United Nations.

“Humanitarians are not a target; civilians are not a target,” she stressed. Also citing allegations of rape and sexual violence perpetrated on those fleeing, she said the large numbers of displaced persons with the presence of conscripts and mercenaries — and the brutality displayed against Ukrainians in the current conflict — “raises all the red flags”.

“A war of this magnitude impacts the world far beyond the borders of Ukraine,” she added, noting that the risk of human trafficking is increasing, with young women and teenagers at the highest risk.

Calling on all countries to support the Republic of Moldova and other neighboring countries with resources and support, she said through all those horrors, women continue to lead and serve their communities. They make up 80 per cent of all health and social care workers in Ukraine, and many have chosen not to flee. Women parliamentarians, as well as Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister, continue their work as bombs fall all around them. Saluting their courage, she said: “They do this at great risk to their own lives.”