Ukraine will be will search for Margarita Prokopenko from Kherson, who was taken by russians from the city and "adopted" by russian politician Mironov, changing the child's surname, first name and patronymic. This was reported by the Ombudsman of Ukraine Dmytro Lubinets, UNN reports.
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Ombudsman of Ukraine reported that he had received an appeal from a woman who is the guardian of her sister Margarita Prokopenko, who was taken to russia and renamed. The woman asked for assistance in establishing Margarita's whereabouts and formalizing guardianship over her.
The adoption of Margarita became the first recorded case of changing the name and surname of a Ukrainian child by citizens of the russian federation. Adoption of Ukrainian children in russia is illegal. According to international and national regulations, in order for foreigners to adopt a Ukrainian child, they must notify Ukraine and obtain its consent to adopt. However, russia is trying to get around this and forcibly granting Ukrainian children russian citizenship to Ukrainian children. This is also a crime! Let me remind you that the forced transfer of children from one ethnic group to another is genocide!
Call for an international response
He added that the facts are the basis for a criminal investigation and the issuance of further warrants, and called on the international community to respond to another war crime by the russians and help return the children abducted by russia.
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He also said that he would appeal to partners and and international organizations to condemn the forced removal and adoption of Ukrainian children, using the case of Margarita Prokopenko as an example. and adoption of a Ukrainian child, as well as recognize it as a crime of genocide and facilitate the return of genocide and facilitate the return of Ukrainian children home.
As a reminder
The media reported that russian politician sergei mironov and his wife inna varlamova "adopted" a child taken from Ukraine - Margarita Prokopenko, who was 10 months old at the time of the occupation in an orphanage. The mironov family gave the girl a new name - "Marina Sergeevna Mironova" and issued russian citizenship.
Dmitry Lubinets reported, Margarita has a six-year-old sister and a three-year-old brother. The sister lives with a with a guardian, and the fate of Margarita's brother is unknown. It is only known that he was also was also in Kherson during the occupation.