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Occupiers plan to send 10,000 Ukrainian children from TOT on “educational excursions” to Russia, - Lubinets
News Censor.NET
19.10.23 15:21
https://censor.net/en/n3450475

The Russian invaders plan to send 10,000 Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions on an “excursion” to Moscow and St Petersburg by the end of the year. The occupiers call this route “cultural enlightenment”.

This was reported by the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets, Censor.NET reports.

It is noted that such plans of the occupiers became known through the monitoring of information Internet channels of the Russian and occupation authorities in the temporarily occupied territories.

Thus, especially for Ukrainian children, the Russians have developed the so-called “Cultural Map 4+85”. As part of it, they have created eight “educational” routes that should introduce children “to the rich cultural heritage of a great country”.

The occupiers have already taken children from the Luhansk and Donetsk regions on their so-called “excursions”. Currently, 300 children from the Zaporizhzhia region are next in line.

The Office noted that regardless of the route, the so-called “cultural” programs for children are similar. In addition to performances, parks and city tours, they are taken to specially created museum exhibitions called “The People’s Feat” and encouraged to participate in military quests.

“Contrary to the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Russian propaganda machine is working non-stop. Having tried various methods of eradicating self-identity and belonging to the Ukrainian people among the Crimean population since 2014, the occupiers are now focusing on Ukrainian children who, together with their parents, have been forced to find themselves under the rule of the Russian aggressor,” Dmytro Lubinets said.

According to him, the occupiers start “patriotic education” of Ukrainian children from preschool age and introduce them to “heroes of the special military operation”.

“Russia continues its violent genocidal policy against Ukraine. More than one generation of Ukrainians is being erased,” the Ombudsman emphasizes.