On November 19, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions against the All-Russian Young Army Military Patriotic Social Movement (Yunarmia) and other persons whom it considers involved in the transportation of Ukrainian children.
The sanctions also affected Tatyana Zavalskaya, head of the Kherson orphanage, director of the Oleshkov boarding school for children with disabilities in Kherson Vitaly Suk, director of the Center for Military Sports Training and Patriotic Education of Youth “WARRIOR” Igor Kazarezov.
According to UK government data, more than 19,500 Ukrainian children have been forcibly transferred or deported by the Russian authorities to Russia.
“No child should ever be used as a pawn in war, yet President Putin’s targeting of Ukrainian children shows the depths he will go to in his mission to erase Ukraine and its people from the map,” said Foreign Secretary, David Lammy.
The Yunarmia movement was founded in 2016 at the initiative of the Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu. In December 2023, Sergey Shoigu announced that 1.5 million children and teenagers had joined the Yunarmia movement.
These persons and entities have been added to the UK sanctions list:
- Nikita Vladimirovich Nagorny. Chief of the General Staff of the All-Russian Young Army Military Patriotic Social Movement (Yunarmia)ю D.O.B: 02/02/1997
- Igor Kazarezov. Director of the Warrior Centres. D.O.B: dd/mm/1965
- Andrey Sabinov, Андрей Сабинов
- Serafim Vikentevich Ivanov. Press Secretary of the “Volunteer Squad” and the Head of the Head of the regional headquarters of Yunarmia VVPOD in the Kherson region. D.O.B: 19/05/1996
- Olena Oleksandrivna Shapurova. Russia-appointed Minister of Education and Science in Russia-occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. D.O.B: 16/11/1976
- Valentina Vasilyevna Lavrik. Minister of Education, Science and Youth for occupied Crimea. D.O.B: 25/02/1969
- Tetiana Zavalska. Director of Kherson Children’s Home
- Vitaliy Aleksandrovich SUK Position: Director of the Oleshki Boarding School for Disabled Children D.O.B: 12/03/1970
- All-Russian Young Army Military Patriotic Social Movement (Yunarmia)
- Avangard, an educational and methodological organisation providing so-called patriotic education, including basic military training to the youths of Russia.
