The Security Service of Ukraine has documented crimes committed by three more “officials” of the Russian Federation’s occupation administration in the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, who are involved in the mass deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.
These individuals are Russian citizen Mikhail Kushakov—the so-called “former Minister of Education and Science of the DNR”—and two of his accomplices:
▪️ Alexei Kulemzin—head of the “DNR Donetsk City Administration”;
▪️ Olga Volkova – director of the occupied “Donetsk Boarding School No. 1.”
According to the case file, on February 18, 2022, the suspects, acting on orders from the Kremlin, organized the illegal removal of 213 students from Donetsk General Education Boarding School No. 1 to the Rostov region.
According to the case file, with the assistance of representatives of the aggressor state, 78 Ukrainian children from the aforementioned institutions were placed in the care of Russian families. They still reside on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Thus, the suspects violated the provisions of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, which prohibits the forced transfer or deportation of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the occupying power.
Based on evidence gathered by the Security Service, these three individuals have been notified in absentia of their status as suspects under Part 2 of Article 28 and Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (war crimes committed by a group of persons acting in concert).
Since enemy collaborators are hiding in the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine, comprehensive measures are ongoing to hold them accountable for crimes against Ukraine.
The investigation was conducted under the procedural supervision of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Based on materials from the 3rd Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions