Russian troops in Ukraine have been accused of using Ukrainian children as human shields – even positioning buses full of kids in front of their tanks in a heartless attempt to prevent Ukraine’s defenders from using their anti-tank weaponry. “Cases of using children as cover are recorded in the Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia regions,” said Lyudmila Denisova, Ukraine ’s human rights ombudsman.
Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, spokesman for Ukraine’s ministry of defence, said: “Enemies have been using Ukrainian children as a living shield when moving their convoys, moving their vehicles.“Russian soldiers have used Ukrainian children as hostages, putting them on their trucks.
They’re doing it to protect their vehicles when moving”. The shocking news comes as reports are emerging of newly-liberated areas around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv that the retreating Russians had carried out summary executions on unarmed Ukrainian civilians.
Reports are also emerging that some Ukrainian children have been forcibly relocated to Russia. Ukraine's foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikoleno said that over 2,300 children from the eastern Donbas region had been taken to Russia on just one day.
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