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Ukraine updates: 2,400 Ukrainian children taken to Belarus
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More than 2,400 children from Ukraine have been taken to 13 facilities across Belarus since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, according to a study published by Yale University. DW has the latest.
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A view of a playground near destroyed buildings as the Russia-Ukraine war continues at Saltivka in Kharkiv, Ukarine
More than 2,400 children from Ukraine have been taken to Belarus since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, according to a studyImage: Wolfgang Schwan/AA/picture alliance
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A new study has revealed that more than 2,400 Ukrainian children have been forcefully relocated to Belarus.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said that at least two people were killed in the southern region of Kherson after Russian shelling from the eastern bank of the Dnipro River.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that they have forced Russian forces out of the eastern part of the Black Sea region.
Here’s a look at the latest developments on Friday, November 17, in Russia’s war in Ukraine:
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2 killed in Kherson after Russia’s shelling
At least two people were killed and 12 others were injured after Russia’s shelling on Thursday in different areas of southern Ukraine’s Kherson region, local officials said.
A 75-year-old woman died in her apartment as Russian troops continued shelling from the eastern bank of the largely occupied Dnipro River, according to regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin.
He had earlier reported an attack in afternoon in the village of Bilozerka which killed a man whose body was found under the debris.
“A critical infrastructure object was also destroyed. Now Bilozerka and surrounding villages are without electricity,” Prokudin said on Telegram.
Russian troops abandoned Kherson and the western bank of the Dnipro River late last year but they continue to shell the region from the eastern bank.
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Thousands of Ukrainian children transferred to Belarus: Yale study
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 2,400 Ukrainian children in the age group between 6 and 17-years-old have been transferred to 13 locations across Belarus, according to a new study published by Yale University on Thursday.
Some experts estimate the number of such transfers to be much higher.
In May, Ukraine’s prosecutor general had said that he was probing Belarus’ alleged role in the forced transfer of more than 19,000 identified children from Russian-occupied territories.
The research by the Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health is by far the most extensive one conducted on relocations of Ukrainian children.
The US State Department said, “These revelations of Belarusian involvement are part of a broader campaign directed by Russia.”
Russia has not commented on the findings of the research so far.
The 39-page report states that children had been transported from at least 17 cities in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions. Last year, Russia illegally annexed parts in and around the four eastern and southern Ukrainian regions.
“Russia’s systematic effort to identify, collect, transport, and re-educate Ukraine’s children has been facilitated by Belarus,” the report said.
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Skip next section Situation better for Ukraine in Black Sea: Zelenskyy
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Situation better for Ukraine in Black Sea: Zelenskyy
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said the situation in the Black Sea has shifted in his country’s favor in recent months.
“We managed to seize the initiative from Russia in the Black Sea and created security conditions that force the aggressor to flee the eastern part of the water area and try to hide warships,” Zelensky said on Thursday in Kyiv.
According to Zelenskyy, Russian forces have largely vacated the the western part of the Black Sea and had withdrawn to the eastern part.
“Russia is unable to use the Black Sea as a springboard to destabilize other regions of the world,” the Ukrainian leader said during the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) meeting.
Ukraine has been struggling to continue exporting through the Black Sea due to Russia’s blockade of ports.
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