Ukraine presented a book about Russian war crimes to its Western allies

Ukrainian creative agency Bickerstaff.734 created a 50-kilogram book 'Crime without Punishment' about Russia's crimes in Ukraine, in particular about the abduction of Ukrainian children by the invaders.

The book was presented to most members of the EU Parliament, NATO, organizations in Poland, Germany, France, Belgium and Austria, etc.

What is the problem?

The full-scale war is ongoing, and the Russian occupiers terrorize civilians in the occupied territories, as well as prisoners of war.

Russia forcibly deports hundreds of Ukrainians, including children. The aggressor forces people to undergo filtering measures and actually abducts them under the guise of so-called rescue.

All this is a gross violation of international humanitarian law, and Ukraine raises this issue at all levels.

Currently, more than 80,000 war crimes committed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine have been recorded. More than 10,000 civilians have died, more than 13,000 have been injured, and more than 98,000 civil infrastructure objects have been damaged or destroyed,  Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin reported.

What is the solution?

The ICC warrant for the arrest of Putin, and the Commissioner for Children's Rights of Russia, Maria Lvova-Belova was the impetus for this project.

The warrant is a relatively small document that does not convey the full weight of the Russian Federation's crimes against humanity, deliberate attempts to erase the ethnic and national identity of the deported Ukrainian children.

Considering that no one was ever arrested, it is currently a crime without punishment. So UAL decided to show the world what a "modern Russian classic" looks like, the press release emphasized.

How does it work?

The Bickerstaff.734 agency developed the book together with the Ukrainian Leadership Academy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

The agency noted that the book does not describe all the crimes of the Russian Federation, and it is still being written. Authors have already presented it to different EU institutions.

Ukrainians showed the book to NATO, the European Parliament, and the Council of Europe. It was also presented to other organizations in Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, and Austria.

What do we know of children's abduction

Ukraine has currently established the fact of deportation of more than 16,000 children from the occupied territories. In February, the Conflict Observatory and the Yale Laboratory for Humanitarian Studies found evidence of at least 6,000 Ukrainian children between the ages of 4 months and 17 years being held in Russian camps after February 24, 2022.