Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Here is the story that I would like to share. A boy named Oleksandr Ursol was taken by Russia for so-called medical treatment. He had been wounded by a Russian missile during the Mariupol bombing. There is a story about him in the Kyiv Independent.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Mr. Chair, can I answer in French?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Can you hear me now?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Here's what I wanted to say. Mr. Mezhevoj's three children were deported to the Polyany sanatorium, in the Moscow region, together with other children. We called them “the group of 31”. Among those children, there were some who were first fostered in Russian families.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The three children of Mr. Mezhevoj were not the only ones who were accompanied in the—

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you so much for this opportunity. I would like to add some details to the case of Mr. Mezhevoj. He has three children who were unlawfully deported together with other children from Mariupol, first to occupied Donetsk and then to the Polyany sanatorium in the Moscow region.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The three children of Mr. Mezhevoj were unlawfully deported from Donetsk to the Polyany sanatorium in the Moscow region, together with other children from Mariupol. Some of these children were transferred to Russian foster families for foster care. Some of them were transferred to—

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. Distinguished audience, thank you for having me here. I can add something as per the role of Canada in this process of the repatriation and rehabilitation of the Ukrainian children and of restoring justice. Canada is the head of the Group of Friends on Children and Armed Conflict at the United Nations.