Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] I would also like to add that we were bringing children back home from different camps. It's most difficult to return young people, because those who are 12 years old may somehow be able to use social media to let their relatives know where they are.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Could you please formulate your question again? What specific question would you like to hear the answer to?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  They are discussing it now. Maybe we can clarify this question one by one. First of all.... [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Who was the youngest child you witnessed?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] If you don't want to respond, you don't have to. It's okay. We have someone who will respond.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Who's next?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Allow me to add that Vladyslav is talking about Astakhov, who was basically the director of the camp. During the annexation of Crimea, he was in a special unit of the riot police, the Berkut. After Crimea was annexed, he started to collaborate and work for Russia.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] I will try to explain that to the children. Do you know of any crimes Russia committed, or any propaganda or pressure? Can you share what you think were illegal methods applied to you—the wrong things the Russians did to you?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] If I may, I can begin. As I speak, maybe our children present here will think about whether they would like to add something. You are absolutely right. Everything depends on the age of a child and how long they spend in occupied territories or in Russia.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Thank you for your question. We cannot let you know how we are doing this in Belarus or Russia. It's confidential information that has a high degree of risk for those people who help us rescue these children. Please know one thing: Russians are doing everything in their power to prevent these children from returning to Ukraine.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. I met you several times in Canada. I thank you for your position and for the position of the parliamentarians who are standing with us and fighting for Ukraine. It is very important to us. As you know, Maria Lvova-Belova, Putin's commissioner, reported that they've registered more than 700,000 Ukrainian children in Russia.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  If I may, I can add something. Thank you for your questions, but it's very hard for children who have been hugely traumatized by Russians to now witness about these crimes. You've seen with Vladyslav that it's very hard for him and his mother, but they are very brave. You have to know that they are very brave, and they want to be voices for the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children who live under the Russians.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  With your support, we will win. We must win, because we know it's our children's right to be in Ukraine without fear of being persecuted and killed. I am finishing. I appeal to you today to use your voices to condemn the Russian forcible transfer of Ukrainian children as genocide and to pursue accountability for the perpetrators of this devastating crime.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Dear ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed an honour to be standing before you today. I'm Mykola Kuleba, and my work in children's advocacy spans more than 25 years. I served as a presidential commissioner for children's rights under two presidents of Ukraine, and now I lead the Save Ukraine rescue network, a charitable organization that rescues Ukraine's most vulnerable from combat zones and helps them restore their lives through a suite of social services.