00:00Russia refuses to return Ukrainian stolen children.
00:04Instead, it is trafficking them.
00:07In the occupied territories, Russia created a catalog of Ukrainian orphans
00:12where children can be selected like from an online store,
00:18filtered by photo with visible face, age, gender, eye color,
00:23hair color, health condition, and even personal traits.
00:30In the description of the children,
00:32obedience and submissiveness are especially emphasized.
00:37Since 2014, children have been regularly taken from the occupied territories to Russia for adoption.
00:45This is a war crime and child trafficking.
00:49Earlier, Russia tried to cover its tracks, closing registers, removing traces.
00:55Now, they are publicly trading orphans.
01:00A catalog with photos and descriptions is ideal material for child traffickers
01:07searching for products to meet specific demands.
01:12It is an invitation to pedophiles and organized criminal network across Russia.
01:19In 2022, the United States included Russia in the list of countries engaging in human trafficking
01:28practices and policies.
01:31These children have names, families, and Ukrainian identity.
01:36Russia took away their parents through killing and persecution.
01:42The children were given Russian citizenship and now are being displayed like objects for
01:49sale to satisfy the needs of Russian families.
01:53This was made possible by Putin's 2022 changes to Russian legislation, making it easier for Ukrainian
02:00children to get Russian citizenship and be adopted by Russian families.
02:04Under these laws, children's surnames and date of births can be changed.
02:09Ukrainian children are not for sale.
02:13This must stop immediately.
02:15Since 2014, after the seizure of Donbas and Crimea, more than a million children were effectively
02:24taken hostage.
02:25As Ukraine's commissioner for children's rights, I took part in negotiations with Russia about
02:32these children.
02:33The results of those talks are zero because then, just like now, Russia refuses to return
02:40a single abducted child and there are tens of thousands of them.
02:46Each of these children is a victim or witness of war crimes.
02:50We call on the world to help Ukraine return all the children abducted by Russia, especially
02:57the orphans who became hostages after the occupation of our territories.
