More than 1, 2 thousand orphans were not evacuated from the zone of hostilities in Donbas, said on Sunday authorized under the President of Russia on the rights of the child Pavel Astakhov.
" on the collected data, remain on the ground and were not evacuated More than 1,200 children-orphans ", - wrote Astakhov on his page on Twitter. As said by the Ombudsman on the rights of the child, in the area of military actions in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions are More than 60 different children's institutions for orphans and children left without parental care: children's home, the home of the child, boarding schools, shelters, family orphanage, where there are More 3, 3 thousand children." Kyiv authorities forbid to export and save the children-orphans and don't do it themselves, making the most vulnerable kids hostages of their political ambitions, " wrote Astakhov. Also, the Commissioner said that the volunteers managed to save and take out from under the shelling of a baby girl and her mother. Astakhov wrote that today they are already in Rostov, and tomorrow will be spent in the capital of Russia. Remember, July 7, Kiev said about its intention to close track and to prevent the removal of the space of Russia orphans from the Donetsk region. In the media often there are messages about the threat to the lives of children in the Eastern regions of Ukraine. Many times there were problems with the evacuation of children from the zone of " special operation ". Besides, obstacles created the Ukrainian army. For example, on may 30, the national guard of Ukraine for a long time were not allowed to evacuate from Slavyansk children, sending the transport them back to the city. on June 13, the employees of the institution in Kramatorsk told that do not have the opportunity to evacuate orphans, and asked to stop military operations in the area of the building. on 21 June the Commissioner under President of Russia on the rights of the child Pavel Astakhov said that on the border of Ukraine and Russia was hit by a bus with children, and Also said that he is aware of five incidents of killings of children in the South-East of Ukraine. on June 23, the head of the Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on health protection Tetiana Bakhteyeva said that as a result of shrapnel and bullet injuries in the East of Ukraine, where the military operation, lost their lives More than 40 children.

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