In the temporarily occupied Melitopol, 14-year-old pupils of the Melitopol Regional Centre for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation were forcibly issued Russian passports.
This was reported by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets on Telegram.
"It has become known that 14-year-old pupils of the Melitopol Regional Centre for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation, who were left without parental care and are under occupation, have been issued Russian passports," the statement reads.
Violations by the occupiers were discovered as a result of monitoring media resources in the TOT of Ukraine.
Lubinets adds that in order to issue Russian passports, "the children were even brought to another village, where, as noted, there is a separate unit of the so-called migration department, so that they 'better' understand the 'cultural and historical connection with Russia'.
In this way, Russia once again shows its intention to re-educate Ukrainian children and erase Ukrainian identity.
"We must work to bring to justice for crimes against Ukrainian children all those involved who are trying to erase their affiliation with Ukraine in one way or another," the ombudsman added.