Ukraine NOW [English]

▪️267 Ukrainian orphans were taken from Ukraine to Russia. According to the advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, the children are being held at the Sports and Recreation Center "Romashka" in Rostov Region, in the Zolota Kosa village. A total of 540 orphans from the Donetsk region are now held there, of which: 267 from Volnovakha (including the district) and Mariupol (including the district). Preliminarily, among these children are those, who's parents gone missing or who had lost their parents during the occupation of Mariupol. Children are being prepared for a simplified procedure for granting Russian citizenship according to recent amendments to Russian legislation.