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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 …

Gunshots fired in standoff at Philippine Senate over ICC suspect

Gunshots fired in standoff at Philippine Senate over ICC suspect

MANILA: Gunshots broke out at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday (May 13) and people ran for cover after a top politician wanted by the International Criminal Court said his arrest was imminent and security forces entered the building. There were no immediate reports of casualties however, Senate Secretary Mark Llandro Mendoza told reporters following the chaos at the legislature in the capital Manila. Senator Ronald dela Rosa, a former police chief who was the main enforcer of ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs”, had earlier urged people to mobilise to prevent his arrest and handover to the ICC. The Hague-based court on Monday unsealed an arrest warrant for dela Rosa on charges of crimes against humanity, the same that 81-year-old Duterte is accused of as he awaits trial in the ICC following his transfer last year. Dela Rosa, 64, has denied involvement in illegal killings. “I am appealing to you, I hope you can help me. Do not allow another Filipino to be brought to The Hague,” he said in a video on …