The website of the Russia-controlled Ministry of Education and Science in Ukraine’s annexed Luhansk region published a database of Ukrainian orphans available for adoption. It was brought to public attention by Mykola Kuleba, head of the organization Save Ukraine.
The database contains information on 294 children under the age of 17—including their names, photographs, and descriptions of their personalities and hobbies. It features filters by gender, age, eye and hair color, as well as whether they have siblings.
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“The way they describe our children is no different from a slave catalogue. This is child trafficking in the 21st century, and the world must stop it,” Kuleba said.
He stressed that most of the children in the database “were born before the occupation of Luhansk region and held Ukrainian citizenship. Some had parents who were killed by the occupying authorities, while others were simply given Russian documents to legalize their abduction.”