Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] I would also like to add to what Mykola said. In the case of my children, they were trying to convince them that their father would not be able to collect them. They told them that your father will not be able to reach you in such a short time.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Our camp was named Polyany. There was a group of 31. The youngest was my daughter. She was born in 2015. There were also two children, Ishchuk Oleksii and Diana Skidz, who were born in 2014. Those were their years of birth. These were the youngest in that camp on the list I have in my hands.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Indeed, I would like to complement the answer and tell you about my children being in the Russian Federation in the Polyany camp. First of all, children were made to attend discotheques. That was for children who after the war were afraid of loud noises.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Yes. I would like to add to Kateryna Rashevska's comments about the group of 31. I have this list of people. This is a list of the children who were stolen by Russian authorities. This list includes my children, Bohdan Yermokhin and Filipp Golovnya, and all other children.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Indeed, parents are deceived in order to get their children. Parents are told that their children will be safe and to just send them away. I've heard about that too, but I know it's a one-way ticket.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] I think maybe yes, at some point that's probably the best choice the parents can make, but I was not provided a choice. I was torn away from my children, and while I was in jail, I nearly went crazy thinking about where my children were and what happened to them.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian. Interpretation in French translated as follows:] Thank you for the question. Of course, no one asked for my consent. I was simply told that they would be taken care of while I filled some paperwork. I got my kids on the bus, then I did not hear from them again.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I really understood the question. What kind of information are you looking for?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] First of all, there are constant interrogations. There is a lack of fresh air in the cells. The cells were overflowing. In the Donetsk detention centre, we were 55 or so. There was no air left to breathe. We were basically lying under the door trying to breathe.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] You cannot accept this. You have to fight for your children. You have to use every possible way to get your children back, grasp at any opportunity, any straw. When I knew I had only five days to get my children back, I felt desperate.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows: ] Then we were in Latvia. Now I'm with my children and everything is okay. Thank you.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Hello. My name is Yevgen Mezhevoj. I was born in Ukraine and grew up in Ukraine, in Mariupol. I'm 40 years old. At the beginning of 2016, I went to Chernivtsi, because things were not very safe in my hometown. I joined the armed forces of Ukraine.