"The EU on Monday imposed sanctions on 16 officials accused of helping Russia to abduct tens of thousands of children from Ukraine and force many to change their identities or be put up for adoption. Sanctions were also slapped on seven centres suspected of indoctrinating the children or training them to serve in the armed forces, either for Russia or pro-Russian militias inside Ukraine. More than 130 people and entities are now under EU travel bans and asset freezes over the abductions."
"EU headquarters said the measures target those responsible for the systematic unlawful deportation, forced transfer, forced assimilation, including indoctrination and militarised education, of Ukrainian minors, as well as their unlawful adoption and removal to the Russian Federation and within temporarily occupied territories. Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, about 20,500 children have been unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred to Russia or Russian-held territories in eastern Ukraine."
"EU officials say many of the children are stripped of their Ukrainian identity and culture, given Russian passports and put up for adoption. Some are forced into schools for indoctrination or into military camps. Russia is trying to erase their identity, Latvian foreign minister Baiba Braze said Monday at a meeting with EU counterparts in Brussels. When you look at the Genocide Convention, it's one of the features of the genocide crime. So, it's very serious."
"Ukrainian authorities served president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's powerful former chief of staff with an official notice of suspicion as part of a major corruption investigation, Kyiv's anti-corruption agencies said on Monday. The agencies did not name the official, in line with Ukrainian law, but local media widely identified him as Andriy Yermak, who resigned late last year amid a corruption scandal. Yermak was Zelenskyy's closest aide and one of Ukraine's most powerful men, before he resigned in November 2"
The EU imposed sanctions on 16 officials accused of helping Russia abduct tens of thousands of children from Ukraine and force many to change identities or face adoption. Sanctions also targeted seven centers suspected of indoctrinating children or training them to serve in armed forces for Russia or pro-Russian militias in Ukraine. More than 130 people and entities now face EU travel bans and asset freezes related to systematic unlawful deportation, forced transfer, forced assimilation, indoctrination, militarized education, unlawful adoption, and removal to Russia and temporarily occupied territories. Since the full-scale invasion began in early 2022, about 20,500 children have been unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred. Many children are stripped of Ukrainian identity and culture, given Russian passports, and placed in indoctrination schools or military camps.
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