By Milica Cosic
“CREDIBLE allegations” of sexual violence against children by Russian troops, have been recorded by a senior British diplomat.
Dame Barbara Woodward, Britain’s ambassador to the United Nations, said there was evidence “Russia is committing four of the Security Council’s six grave violations against children in times of war“.
Alongside the allegations of sexual violence against children, she listed other violations of UN Security Council rules on young people in wartime.
Violations listed in a 1999 council resolution include the targeting of children in conflict as well as recruiting and using children as soldiers.
“There is now a very real risk of a lost generation, and the continuation of a cycle of violence, caused by Russia’s invasion and the devastation it has created,” she said.
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