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In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that the UN and the Red Cross "must react" and "protect the lives of hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war." This call follows the shelling of a prison in the separatist-controlled east that had claimed more than 50 lives. (COMPLETES VIDI32FP46V_EN)
Ninety-seven Ukrainian children have died since the start of Russia's invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky says in a speech to Canada's parliament.
Deep in Siberia, five young half-siblings from Moscow-controlled eastern Ukraine are adapting to their snowy new surroundings. Their foster parents Roman and Yekaterina Vinogradov, who are now raising 16 children, say the four girls and boy were relocated via Moscow from children's homes in the city of Lugansk, which has been controlled by Russian-backed separatists since 2014. "What I see is that they were in need," says Roman Vinogradov, insisting they "didn't steal anyone." But Ukraine says more than 16,000 of its children have been forcibly transferred to Russia -- and President Vladimir Putin is now under an international arrest warrant for allegedly unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children, a war crime. N°33BF6PY
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky implores the International Criminal Court to ensure "accountability" for Russia's actions in Ukraine, adding that the world needs to see that "no one is above justice" and that "no one can make torture and filtration camps to exterminate a nation". The address follows the issue on Friday of arrest warrants for President Vladimir Putin and his Commissioner for Children's Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, over the "illegal deportation" of Ukrainian children to Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says in a recorded message to the ICC that "no one is above justice" and "no one and nowhere in the world is able to burn cities with (...)impunity". The address was to a gathering of more than 40 ministers in London, which follows the issue on Friday of arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Commissioner for Children's Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.
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