Russia provides no information about Ukrainian children illegally deported from Austria - Lubinets

Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, said this in Ivano-Frankivsk, when asked by an Ukrinform correspondent about the fate of two Ukrainian children who were illegally deported from Austria.

"We are trying to find them. The Russian Federation does not provide any information to us. We have a respond from Austria following my request and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ request. They launched criminal proceedings and suspended the attorney's license of Mr. Josef Siegele, Secretary General of the European Ombudsman Institute," Lubinets said.

He noted that after he publicly left this organization due to the illegal removal of Ukrainian children, the ombudsmen of Lithuania and Latvia also left it.

"This organization will either remain only on paper or cease to exist," Lubinets stated.

In total, Ukraine managed to return 307 children, who had been illegally taken Russia. However, more than 16,000 children remain there, according to official data.