18 March, 2025
In 2014, Ukraine’s pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, was ousted following a popular uprising. Fearing the loss of its influence over Ukraine, Moscow sent troops into Crimea. A puppet government was installed, led by Sergey Aksyonov, the head of a minor pro-Russian party, who immediately called for the peninsula’s annexation by Russia.
A few days later, under military occupation and in an atmosphere of fear, a sham referendum was held with no international observers. The results, widely manipulated, claimed that 96.8% of voters supported joining Russia. This political spectacle was swiftly condemned by the UN, the European Union, and the United States, which never recognized the so-called vote and imposed sanctions on Crimean and Russian officials involved—freezing assets, issui...
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17 March, 2025
On March 17, 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, for illegal deportation, forced transfer, and coerced adoption of Ukrainian children.
A symbol of this criminal policy, Maria Lvova-Belova herself adopted a Ukrainian teenager—kidnapped from his family—who was originally from Mariupol.Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova in Russia on May 31, 2024 – Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik via AP
Documented evidence shows that since 2014, Russia has orchestrated the forced relocation of Ukrainian children to its territory. Once torn from their homeland, these children are subjected to brainwashing, and their identity documents are altered to erase their origins.
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16 March, 2025
On March 16, 2022, Russia bombed the Mariupol Drama Theater, where hundreds of civilians had taken shelter. Two 500 kg bombs were dropped by a Russian fighter jet, destroying the building and killing several hundred people.
Before the attack, residents had written the word "children" (Дети) in large Cyrillic letters on the pavement on both sides of the theater, clearly marking it as a place of refuge. The inscription was visible from the sky, but that did not stop the attack.
Since then, Mariupol has remained under Russian occupation. This martyr city, over 80% destroyed, has become a symbol of Russia’s war of aggression. While Russia is rebuilding the theater identically to erase evidence of its crimes, it continues to reject peace and target civilians across Ukraine.
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