Russia’s actions against infants in occupied Luhansk region considered genocide – ISW

This is stated by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), reports Ukrinform.

The head of the Luhansk regional military administration, Artem Lysohor, said that from May 6, mothers who give birth in maternity clinics across the occupied Luhansk region will have to confirm Russian citizenship of at least one of the newborn's parents in order to be discharged from hospital.

"If this report is accurate, such actions viate Article II(d) of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which defines genocide as ‘imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group,'" the ISW report stressed.

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As noted, Russian occupation officials continue their efforts to militarize and indoctrinate Ukrainian youths in occupied parts of Ukraine. On May 1, the "LPR" announced it was develing a new textbook that teaches modern history of the occupied Luhansk region in line with Russian education standards.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, the Russians will monitor protest moods of teenagers in schos across the so-called "LPR". Educational institutions received from the so-called "Ministry of Education and Science of the LPR" recommendations on a high scho curriculum regarding countering alleged coeration with Ukrainian intelligence and "pro-Western organizations."