Canada … is sanctioning an additional 23 individuals and five entities involved in the violations against Ukrainian children. These measures build on the sanctions Canada has already imposed. Canada has sanctioned over 80 individuals and entities for their involvement in violations of the rights of Ukrainian children in Russia and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
Those sanctioned include Russia’s Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, as well as regional commissioners and other individuals responsible for the unlawful deportation and forcible transfer of children, including their indoctrination and militarization. Sanctioned entities include government-affiliated and other organizations involved in these violations.
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In the context of its war of aggression against Ukraine, the Russian government has unlawfully deported Ukrainian children to its territory and forcibly transferred others within the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, as documented by international bodies, including the International Criminal Court. Thousands of these children remain in Russia, away from their families and communities.
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As co-chair of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, Canada is working closely with Ukraine and partner states and organizations to address the issue of the unlawful deportation and forced transfer of Ukrainian children by Russia. So far, approximately 2,100 children have been successfully returned, but it is estimated that thousands of them remain in Russia and temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
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Since 2014, Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 3,400 individuals and entities that are complicit in the violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and in gross and systematic human rights violations.
Ukraine was not in a constant fight with Russia for the last 7 decades. The Russian invasion of Ukraine was not a reaction to an invasion of Ukraine into Russia. The 2 things at not comparable in terms of global politics, even if the civilians in both cases suffer from the same consequences.
Let’s image Ukraine really did invade Russia first. Do you think anyone would stand behind them now?
So, Israel attacking countries around it since its inception somehow makes it better? That’s just further condemnation of Canada’s position that we have looked the other way this whole time. Israel was literally established on existing Palestinian territory and people living there were driven off. It was a colonial project from its very inception.
Why would we imagine Ukraine invading Russia first here? But yes, the west would absolutely stand behind Ukraine if it started the war, the same way the west stands behind Israel right now.