Russian occupiers illegally transfer Ukrainian children from temporarily occupied territories to so-called “re-education camps” not only in Russia and Belarus, but also in North Korea. Ekaterina Rashevskaya, an expert on international justice and legal analysis at the Regional Center for Human Rights, stated this at a hearing in the US Senate on Wednesday, December 3, Suspilne reports.. According to the human rights activist, her organization has documented the existence of 165 “re-education” camps.. In these institutions, Ukrainian children are subjected to forced militarization and Russification. Rashevskaya emphasized that the geography of the deportation of minors has expanded: such camps now operate not only in the occupied territories of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and Belarus, but also in the DPRK. During her speech, the lawyer showed photographs of Ukrainian children who ended up in North Korea. We are talking about 12-year-old Mikhail from the occupied part of the Donetsk region and 16-year-old Lisa from occupied Simferopol. According to human rights activists, these children were sent to the Songdowon camp, located 9 thousand kilometers from their home.. “In this camp, children were taught to destroy the Japanese military and were introduced to the Korean veterans who attacked the American ship Pueblo in 1968, killing and wounding nine American soldiers,” Rashevskaya said. The expert noted that Russia officially calls the removal of Ukrainian children “evacuation”. However, according to international humanitarian law, such a procedure has clear restrictions and obligations, which the aggressor country does not comply with.. In particular, the law requires the occupying state to take all possible measures for family reunification. In addition, Russia was obliged to provide lists of abducted children to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Rashevskaya emphasized that the evacuation is exceptional and temporary.. The Russian Federation should regularly assess the security situation and immediately return children as soon as the grounds for their removal no longer exist.. The lawyer stated that Russia did not fulfill any of these obligations. Let us recall that on the same day the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. The document also talks about the need to punish those involved. There are about 400 places in the Russian Federation where abducted children are located - Zelensky News from Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels https://t. me/korrespondentnet and WhatsApp Author: 1.