On the temporarily occupied territory of the Kharkiv region, the military of the Russian Federation organized the abduction of the children of a local resident, persuading people who agreed to work for them to this. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on Facebook..

“The invaders were informed that the man had weapons collected at the battlefields. The Russians sent local collaborators to investigate. The expropriators did not find the owner of the house, therefore, in agreement with the Russian officers, they took away his two underage sons,” the report said..

According to the State Border Service, at the time the invaders entered the house, the man went to another locality for humanitarian assistance in order to feed his six-month-old grandson.

Later, they began to blackmail him over the phone, but they did not agree to exchange the children for the weapons they found..

“He admitted that he really found one machine gun by the road, which he is ready to give for children..

The collaborators replied that they were ready to give only one son for one machine gun, or they would have to negotiate... ”, - the State Border Service retold.

The message emphasized that this situation is yet another proof of how Russia neglects the rules of warfare and grossly violates the norms of international law.. According to the State Border Service, the crimes committed by the Russian Federation are commensurate with the crimes of Hitler.

Earlier in Kherson, the invaders broke into and robbed the apartment where activist Kateryna Handziuk lived..