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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Max Hunder

U.N. refugee chief: Russia violating principles of child protection in Ukraine

Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, visits in Saltivka, one of the most damaged residential areas of Kharkiv, Ukraine during Russia's invasion, January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova

Russia is violating the "fundamental principles of child protection" in wartime by giving Ukrainian children Russian passports and putting them up for adoption, the U.N.'s refugee agency (UNHCR) chief told Reuters in an interview.

Speaking at the UNHCR offices in Kyiv following a six-day tour of Ukraine, Filippo Grandi said President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had asked his agency to "do more" to help children from occupied regions to whom this was happening.

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