OSCE Will Investigate Allegations Against Russia on Child Abductions

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: March 30, 2023; 23:17 ♦ (Vindobona)

The abduction of Ukrainian children in the wake of Russia's war of aggression is to be investigated within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Deportations of Ukrainian children as part of Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine will finally be investigated. / Picture: © Mirek Pruchnicki from Przemyśl, Sanok, Polska, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

A Ukrainian Foreign Ministry report accuses Russia of abducting children from Donbas and sending them illegally to Russia. More than 2,300 children have been reported as being kidnapped by Russian forces, which has been corroborated by the U.S. embassy in Kyiv.

The Austrian-founded, internationally active aid organization SOS Children's Villages has also already faced…