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Russia ‘abducting children and training them to fight on frontline’ | World | News

Russia ‘abducting children and training them to fight on frontline’ | World | News

President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed Russian soldiers are attempting to abduct and train Ukrainian children to fight on the frontlines. The Ukrainian leader made the claim in a recent interview where he outlined how Russian soldiers were, under orders from Vladimir Putin, kidnapping the children and turning them against their home country. Speaking to CBS News, Mr Zelensky said: “When these children grow up, they push these boys to the battlefield.” He went on to claim that he has “evidence of it” happening but did not provide any further details. Mr Zelensky went on to outline how Russia had been offering to trade the children for soldiers captured on the battlefield. He said: “It’s important to get back our warriors, war prisoners, but we can’t exchange them [for] the children. “Can you imagine, how we can exchange our children? We can’t. First of all, it’s out of the law. We can’t exchange civilians.” The president also told CBS that Ukraine has documented the abduction of at least 20,000 Ukrainian children, and wants help tracking down …

Afghan asylum seeker jailed for abducting and raping 12-year-old | News UK Video News

Afghan asylum seeker jailed for abducting and raping 12-year-old | News UK Video News

An Afghan asylum seeker has been jailed for 15 years after abducting and raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton. Ahmad Mulakhil was found guilty of rape and two counts of sexual assault following a trial last month, having already admitted a further rape charge. He was also convicted of child abduction and taking an indecent video of the girl by the jury at Warwick Crown Court. The court heard that Mulakhil arrived in the UK four months before committing the offences. Image: Ahmad Mulakhil. Pic: Warwickshire Police He had made an immigration application linked to “problems” he had experienced in Afghanistan. The 23-year-old told the court he believed his victim to be 19 years old, and said she initiated a sexual encounter on 22 July last year. But prosecutor Daniel Oscroft said Mulakhil’s attempts to blame his victim were “stomach-churning” and “pretty revolting”. The victim, who cannot be named, said she was approached in a Nuneaton park by Mulakhil after playing on the swings. She said she had told her attacker to stop and that …

Afghan asylum seeker found guilty of abducting and raping 12-year-old girl | UK News

Afghan asylum seeker found guilty of abducting and raping 12-year-old girl | UK News

An Afghan asylum seeker has been found guilty of abducting and raping a 12-year-old girl in Warwickshire. Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, “targeted” the child after spotting her in a park in Nuneaton last July, prosecutors said. The attack sparked protests in the town, with demonstrators holding St George’s Cross flags and Union flags as they marched along the high street chanting “stop the boats” and “we want our country back”. Mulakhil was unanimously convicted at Warwick Crown Court of rape and two counts of sexual assault, having admitted a further rape charge before his trial. Jurors also convicted him of child abduction and taking an indecent video of the girl during her ordeal. He had told the court he did not force the girl to do anything, and did not threaten her family, but had filmed her, at her insistence, during a brief period of sexual activity. Mulakhil told police he believed the girl was 19 and that she had initiated what was his first sexual encounter. Co-defendant Mohammad Kabir, also an Afghan national, was acquitted …