How Russia Planned The Physical Elimination Of Ukrainians
By: Giorgio Provinciali
Live from Ukraine
Mykolaiv — Khrystyna Hayovyshyn, the deputy Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations, has provided grave insights regarding the ongoing humanitarian crisis stemming from the conflict. Since the onset of Russia’s invasion on February 24, approximately 2.5 million Ukrainians have faced forced deportation to some of the most remote and impoverished areas of Siberia and the Russian Far East. Among these displaced individuals, a staggering 19,500 are children.
Survivors of the harrowing filtration camps have shared alarming accounts of the methods used to separate minors from their parents during this process. Often, in the chaos and despair of these situations, parents were misled with the promise that their children would undergo a quicker screening process and be reunited with them shortly thereafter. In reality, this was a deceptive tactic: many adults and their children were placed on separate buses, causing further heartache and separation.
The statistics surrounding the return of those deported paint a dire picture. Only about 30% of the adults who were taken have managed to return to their homes, while the children, tragically, are almost always funneled into Russia, further shattering families and exacerbating the trauma experienced by those affected. The ramifications of these actions extend beyond individuals, impacting communities and the very fabric of Ukrainian society.
The more Ukrainian cities we visit, the more gruesome details emerge about how the process of ethnic cleansing and the subjugation of the Ukrainian nation to the Russian Federation was planned for some time in the Kremlin’s halls of power. After the (failed) blitz aimed at the physical elimination of the country’s ruling political class, the troops should have registered all civilians, house by house.
For adults, there were four categories:
— the irrecoverable, for whom the only solution was definitive suppression;
— those who could be re-educated, for whom forced labor was foreseen;
— the collaborators, who had lent themselves to supporting the Russian authorities;
— finally, people who were ready to be absorbed into Russian society.
For children, the issue was linked to chronological age:
— newborns and infants could be deported and converted to the Russian language from an early age, growing up as Russian citizens;
— teenagers were instead a problem to be isolated.
Dmytro Lubinets, commissioner for human rights of the Verkhovna Rada, announced the discovery of detention cells and torture chambers intended for Ukrainian children and adolescents from whom, through violence and terror, the Russians had extorted all kinds of confessions. In the Kherson and Kharkiv oblasts, the ZSU collected testimonies from undernourished, beaten, harassed, and intimidated children. A boy reports that he was left without food for a long time, receiving only a glass of water every two days until a gun was put to his head to simulate his execution. To extract non-existent information from him, the Russians fired a shot inches from his neck, terrifying him to death. Another boy talks about the screams of a friend who was tortured for hours with electrodes until his tongue was black, so swollen that he couldn’t close his mouth.
The volunteers who first entered Bucha, Irpin’, Hostomel’, Borodianka, and Izyum after the Russian occupation saw the corpses of children as young as four years old raped and cut to pieces, castrated, tied and burned. When I visited those cities, I could still feel terror inside the survivors.
The persecution of children in Ukraine is a horrendous crime.
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俄罗斯如何策划对乌克兰人的肉体消灭
作者：Giorgio Provinciali
翻译：旺财球球
乌克兰前线报道
尼古拉耶夫 ——乌克兰常驻联合国副代表赫里斯蒂娜·哈约维辛就俄乌战争持续的人道主义危机提供了重磅证据。自2月24日俄罗斯发动入侵以来，约有250万乌克兰人被强制遣送到西伯利亚和俄罗斯远东等一些最偏远最贫困的地区。在这些被流离失所的人中，令人震惊的是有19,500名儿童。
（视频：Alla与我在乌克兰普里布茲克拍摄了这段影像——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
从残酷的“过滤营”幸存者口中得知，俄军分离未成年人与父母的手段令人发指。常常在混乱与绝望中，父母被欺骗说屈服会让孩子更快经过筛查，与他们团聚。实际上这是一种欺骗手法：许多成年人和他们的孩子被安排乘坐不同的巴士，导致更多的痛苦与分离。
（视频：Alla与我在乌克兰布拉霍达特内拍摄了这段影像——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
关于被遣送者回归情况的统计数据描绘出一幅严峻的局势：被带走的成年人中只有约30%设法返回了家园，而孩子们却几乎总是被送入俄罗斯，进一步摧毁了家庭，加剧了受害者所经历的创伤。这些行为的影响超越个体层面，波及社区，冲击整个乌克兰社会的根基。
（图：我在布查拍了这张照片。门上写着：“这里有孩子”。俄军漠视一切，屠杀了数百名平民，包括儿童，犯下了大屠杀罪行——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
我们走访的乌克兰城市越多，越来越多令人毛骨悚然的细节浮现出来：关于如何策划对乌克兰进行种族清洗、及如何将乌克兰民族置于俄罗斯统治之下，这些计划早在克里姆林宫的权力走廊中酝酿多时。继（失败的）旨在物理消灭该国统治政治阶层的闪电战之后，军队本计划逐屋登记所有平民。
对成年人，分为四类：
— 无可挽回者，以彻底消灭作为唯一解决方案；
— 可再教育者，将被强制劳动；
— 合作者，曾配合俄罗斯当局的人；
— 可被同化者，是准备被同化入俄罗斯社会的人。
对儿童，则按年龄划分：
— 新生儿和婴儿可被遣送并从小转为使用俄语，作为俄罗斯公民长大；
— 青少年则被视为需要隔离的问题群体。
（视频：Alla与我在乌克兰默爾內拍摄了这段影像——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
乌克兰议会人权专员德米特罗·卢比涅茨公布了发现的一些拘禁室和刑讯室，是俄军用来关押乌克兰儿童和少年的地方。俄罗斯人通过暴力与恐吓从这些孩子身上逼取各种口供。在赫尔松与哈尔科夫州，乌军收集到的证词显示孩子们遭受营养不良、毒打、骚扰与恐吓。一名男孩报告说他长时间得不到食物，每两天只给一杯水，直到有人拿枪抵在他头上模拟处决。为了逼出并不存在的信息，俄方在他脖颈数寸处开了一枪，吓得他魂飞魄散。另一名男孩讲述朋友被用电极折磨数小时，惨叫不止，舌头被电得发黑、肿得连嘴都合不上。
（图：一辆车内有些孩子与父母一同遇难。我在俄军撤离后在布查与伊尔平之间拍下这张照片——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
最先进入布查、伊尔平、霍斯托梅利、博罗迪安卡与伊久姆的志愿者看到四岁左右的孩子尸体被强奸、肢解、阉割、绑缚并焚烧。当我走访这些城市时，依然能从幸存者身上感受到恐惧。
对乌克兰儿童的迫害是一项极其骇人听闻的罪行。
令人作呕的是，有些从未来过这里的人竟反对向这些人提供武器以自卫，并拒绝将侵略者称为其本质：一个恐怖主义国家。
（图：我在乌克兰顿涅茨克为一处被遗弃儿童游乐场报道——版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
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