Russian children's rights chief says teenager abducted from Mariupol and "adopted" by her will become prosecutor

Russian Children's Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova has said that a Ukrainian teenager named Pylip, whom she "adopted" after he was abducted from occupied Mariupol, has enrolled in a Russian university.

Source: Lvova-Belova on social media; Bring Kids Back UA

Details: The Russian official posted a video featuring the young man, writing that he will study to become a prosecutor at the Moscow State Law University.

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The Bring Kids Back UA initiative stressed that behind his university enrolment was the removal of a child from occupied territory, the issuance of a Russian ID, his unlawful placement under guardianship and systematic efforts to erase his identity.