How russia disrupts the evacuation of children from the combat zone
russian propaganda continues an information campaign aimed at disrupting the evacuation of children from frontline areas.
▫️ Pro-russian media circulated a video in which a woman with an infant claims to be from Myrnohrad, Donetsk region, and repeats the lies of russian propaganda that the Ukrainian police are “kidnapping children” and imprisoning mothers.
▫️ She also claims that locals allegedly retrieve children after evacuation and return them to frontline towns “in suitcases and bags,” hiding them from Ukrainian military and police.
▫️ The spread of such unverified horror stories is a typical propaganda tactic. russia seeks to frighten parents in frontline areas to discourage evacuation and keep children in combat zones. The enemy uses such manipulation to turn the local population, including children, into a “human shield.”
russia cynically treats people in Donbas solely as expendable material for its propaganda narratives. While Ukrainian police and volunteers risk their lives under shelling to evacuate families to safe regions, hostile media glorify those who return children to life-threatening conditions—under russian airstrikes.
