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Yahoo
10-03-2025
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Russian woman abducts 4-year-old girl from Kherson Oblast and tells Putin she wants to "adopt" her
Olga Dorokhina, a Russian woman whose son was killed in Russia's war against Ukraine, has abducted a 4-year-old girl from the temporarily occupied part of Kherson Oblast and plans to "adopt" her. Source: Dorokhina during a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as reported by Suspilne Details: The Russian woman said that during her first trip to Kherson Oblast, she had found a "daughter" who is now "under the care" of her family. Olga Dorokhina is a member of the organisation "Hero's Wife and Mother. Crimea". She is from the city of Yelets in Lipetsk Oblast, but in 2016 her family moved to occupied Simferopol. Her husband, Alexander Dorokhin, is a former employee of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service and a veteran of the Russian-Chechen war. Their eldest son, Vladislav Dorokhin, was a sailor in the Black Sea Fleet and died in June 2022 in Donetsk Oblast during the war against Ukraine. After the death of her son, Olga Dorokhina began to engage in "humanitarian missions" in the occupied territories of Ukraine. During one of these trips, she took a 4-year-old girl from Kherson Oblast. It is currently unknown where in Kherson Oblast the child was taken from. Kateryna Rashevska, a lawyer at the Regional Human Rights Centre, suggests that the girl may have previously lived in a Kherson orphanage from which Russians took orphans to an unknown destination in 2022. The lawyer says that such actions by Dorokhina may be considered to be a violation of international law, in particular, a crime with signs of genocide. The forced displacement of children from one national group to another is prohibited by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Background: On 17 March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin and Russian Ombudsperson for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova. They are accused of illegally deporting and transferring Ukrainian children from the occupied territories of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, which is a war crime. Belova herself also "adopted" a Ukrainian teenager deported from Mariupol. The Ukrainian authorities say that Russia has deported at least 20,000 Ukrainian children, and started doing so on a massive scale 6 days before the start of the full-scale war. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Politics
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Russian woman seeks to adopt abducted Ukrainian child after her son was killed fighting in war, investigation says
A Russian woman, Olga Dorokhina, took a 4-year-old girl from the occupied part of Kherson Oblast and plans to adopt her, according to an investigation by Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne published on March 10. Dorokhina's son was previously killed while fighting against Ukraine, according to the investigation. Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, at least 19,500 Ukrainian children have been abducted from occupied territories and transferred to other Russian-controlled areas, Belarus, or Russia itself, according to Ukraine's national database, Children of War. Dorokhina spoke about her trip and the girl's abduction from Ukraine during a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin at an event, claiming she had "found her daughter" in Kherson Oblast. The child is now under her guardianship. Suspilne's investigative team identified Dorokhina as a native of Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, who moved to occupied Simferopol in Crimea in 2016. Her husband, Oleksandr Dorokhin, is a former employee of Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service and a veteran of the Chechen war. Her eldest son, Vladislav Dorokhin, served in Russia's Black Sea Fleet before joining the 810th Marine Brigade to fight in Ukraine, Suspilne reported. Ukraine has so far managed to return 1,240 abducted children, according to the Children of War database. In March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Putin and Children's Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova over their involvement in the unlawful transfer of Ukrainian children. Human rights groups have said that Russia's mass abductions of Ukrainian civilians, including children, may constitute a war crime and a crime against humanity. Read also: Russia attempting to gain foothold in Sumy Oblast, Border Guard warns We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
