In April, Ukraine will host an international event with the participation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
This was reported to the Polish agency PAP by a source in the EU.
"The event will take place in April. Its details have not yet been made public for security reasons. One of the main topics of conversation will be the issue of illegal deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia," the source said.
In February, the European Commission announced that, together with Poland, it was launching an initiative in the case of Ukrainian children taken to Russia. The goal of the initiative is to find children and prosecute those responsible for their removal.
"The EC is launching, together with Poland, under the leadership of the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, an initiative concerning Ukrainian children. We are aware of the dramatic situation with Ukrainian children who are taken away by Russia and given up for adoption. It is believed that from the beginning invasion, Russian forces took thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia," European Commission representative Dana Spinant said in February.
It will be recalled that in March the Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian President's Commissioner for Children's Rights, who is also accused of war crimes related to the illegal deportation and illegal transfer of Ukrainian children .