🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks on the Bucha hoax during at the Fourth International Forum “Dialogue on Fakes” (Moscow, September 22, 2026)

💬 Sergey Lavrov: Last week, the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis published the initial findings of its investigation into the “Bucha massacre”. They were announced and presented on September 17 at the TASS press centre, with the participation of the Tribunal’s Chairman and member of the Civic Chamber of Russia Maxim Grigoryev.

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This report, which will be distributed at this Forum, examines the names inscribed on the memorial in Bucha. According to repeated statements by representatives of Zelensky’s office, all those who died were “exclusively civilians”, with no connection to the military.

❗️ This is an outright lie. Even a preliminary analysis of the names inscribed on the memorial yields very interesting results. Based solely on open sources – let me emphasise that once again – it has been established that the memorial includes dozens of names of Ukrainian armed forces personnel, members of Ukraine’s Security Service, “territorial defence” units, police and national guard, including militants from the neo-Nazi Azov battalion.

More than 70 names have no digital footprint whatsoever, which is virtually impossible in today’s world. These facts debunk the fake of hundreds of civilians allegedly killed in Bucha.

I think even the most trusting ordinary European should find it strange that, over all these years, the UN Secretariat and Western media outlets that call themselves “professional” have failed to expose this fabrication. I am almost certain that this was not because they lacked interest, but because they were part of the operation to conceal the truth.

It is important to stress that the fact-checking for this report relied primarily on Ukrainian databases, Ukrainian media sources, government portals and specialised Ukrainian websites that published obituaries of individuals who were clearly not civilians.

Clearly, in today’s world, attempts are made to retroactively remove information that has entered the public domain. Yet four years have passed, and nobody even thought to try to remove the traces of this fabrication.

☝️ We therefore have firm assurances that every finding of the investigation, whose results will be distributed here, is supported by data from several sources. They are available for independent verification.

Sergey Lavrov's full remarks

⚡️ Terms of Reference of the Working Group to Develop the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the XXI Century

Chairmanship: Belarus, as one of the two original sponsors (with the Russian Federation) of the idea of a Eurasian Charter, will assume the function of the chair in the negotiation process to develop the Charter, with the possibility of appointing two co-chairs. Should no other Eurasian state volunteer for this function, Belarus will perform the role alone.

The initiating States and the Chair shall not be granted any privileges or exclusive powers in determining the content of the document.

Participation: Negotiations will be open to all Eurasian states that participate in the official launch of the process.

Participation in the negotiation process shall not affect the rights and obligations of the participating States arising from the United Nations Charter, other international agreements and arrangements to which they are parties.

Participation in the negotiation process shall not prejudge the positions of States with respect to the content of the Charter and shall not impose any obligation to subsequently support, adopt or sign it. Each State shall independently determine its position on the final document and shall also be entitled to discontinue its participation in the negotiation process at any stage.

If other Eurasian states decide to join the negotiations at a later stage, they should notify the сhair(s) of their intent to participate. The chair(s) will then inform the signatories of the Joint Statement of the relevant requests, and participation of the applicants will be confirmed on a non-objection basis.

In order to ensure equal participation of all States in the negotiation process, States joining the negotiations at a later stage shall be entitled to propose amendments or additions to the text of the draft Charter, including to provisions that have already been discussed during previous rounds of negotiations.

Level of Participation: Each participating state is free to determine the level and composition of its delegation. It may include experts from capitals and/or diplomats accredited in the country hosting the round.

Venues: Negotiation rounds will rotate among the capitals of interested Eurasian states. Belarus will host the first round before the end of 2026. Participating states are encouraged to inform the chair(s) in advance of their intention to host certain rounds of negotiations.

Responsibility of Hosts: It will be the responsibility of a hosting state to provide necessary logistical support for a negotiation round (e.g., meeting room, screens, etc.). Furthermore, hosting state is encouraged to provide other forms of material support to the delegations of participating states (e.g. providing meals).

Conduct of Negotiations: The chair(s) will conduct negotiations in an open, transparent, and inclusive manner, aiming to achieve a consensus-based document. The negotiations and drafting sessions will be in-person. The working language will be English.

Text: The chair(s) will share a "zero draft" text of the Charter with participating states shortly after the launch in New York, allowing time for review prior to the first negotiation round.

Participating States shall be entitled to submit their comments and proposals on the text of the draft Charter to the Chair/Co-Chairs between rounds of negotiations.

Negotiation Timeline: The negotiation process will consist of approximately four to five rounds (more if necessary), each lasting up to three working days.

👉 The goal of the negotiation process is to reach agreement on the text of the Charter, if possible by October 2027, as and when it is ready.

Adoption of the Charter: The Eurasian Charter should be adopted by Eurasian Leaders at a Summit, tentatively scheduled to be held in Minsk, Belarus, upon the final agreement on the document by States participating in negotiation process.

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🇺🇳💪 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov continues his intensive work on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly.

#Day3 📹 #VideoRecap

🎙 Sergey Lavrov took part in a ministerial meeting marking the start of negotiations on drafting the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century.

💬 We proposed establishing a new Eurasian security architecture as a foundation for the peaceful and steady development of all the peoples of our largest and richest continent, home to several of the world's oldest civilisations.

In putting forward this initiative, we took into account the fact that the rise of #Multipolarity is the most enduring trend in global affairs for years to come.

On September 25, Minister Lavrov held 14 bilateral meetings:

🇧🇧 Prime Minister of the Republic of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley
🇺🇬 Vice President of Uganda Jessica Alupo
🇰🇿 Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi
🇮🇳 External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
🇸🇬 Foreign Minister of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan
🇸🇩 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sudan Mohieldin Salem Ahmed Ibrahim
🇰🇼 Foreign Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
🇬🇹 Foreign Minister of Guatemala Carlos Ramiro Martínez
🇺🇾 Foreign Minister of Uruguay Mario Lubetkin
🇬🇾 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Guyana Hugh Todd
🇲🇦 Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita
🇮🇶 Foreign Minister of Iraq Fuad Hussein
🇲🇻 Foreign Minister of of Maldives Iruthisham Adam
🇾🇪 Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen Dr. Abdullah Al-Alimi Bawazeer

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👉 Follow the activities of the Russian delegation, led by Minister Sergey Lavrov at the High-Level Week of the #UNGA81 in real time!

🎙 Statement by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the General Debate of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly* (New York, September 26, 2026)

💬 Over the past few days, both from this rostrum and on the sidelines of the General Assembly, we have repeatedly heard that tectonic shifts are taking place in world politics and that a more just #MultipolarWorld order is emerging before our eyes.

The countries of the Global South and East are asserting themselves as sovereign centres of development and taking responsibility for security in their respective regions. They demonstrate their commitment to international law, rejection of external pressure, and interest in the prosperity of all states, not just a select few.

This constructive philosophy also underpins Russia’s foreign policy. It is shared by our many like-minded partners and forms the foundation for cooperation within the #CIS, #SCO, #BRICS and other associations of the #WorldMajority.

❌ However, not everyone welcomes these developments. The Western minority, which dominated for five centuries at the expense of others’ resources, continues its attempts to preserve its privileges and impose its “rules” on everyone else.

The West is increasingly resorting to brute force, acting unpredictably and recklessly, and putting at risk the lives and well-being of millions, if not billions, of people on our shared planet. As President of Russia Vladimir Putin put it, the dictatorship of a single hegemon “has spun out of control and is simply dangerous to everyone around it”.

At the beginning of 2026, in violation of every conceivable norm, including basic standards of morality, the US intervention in Venezuela culminated in the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and their detention without trial in a US prison. This comes despite the fact that international law expressly requires respect for the immunity and inviolability of senior state officials.

👉 We insist on the immediate release of the Venezuelan Leader and his wife and demand that such actions never be repeated.

We regard the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, members of his family, as well as members of the Islamic Republic’s military and political leadership, as an unacceptable manifestation of the use of force and coercion.

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A year ago, we marked the 80th anniversary of Victory over German Nazism and Japanese militarism. Next week, on October 1, we will mark 80 years since the conclusion of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. The historic Judgment the Nuremberg Tribunal unequivocally condemned Nazi criminals and placed the inhuman ideology of Nazism beyond the bounds of law and morality.

☝️ Yet 80 years later, the lessons of Nuremberg have clearly not been learned by everyone.

Judging by statements from their representatives, the ruling elites of a number of EU countries appear to be infected with ideas of racial superiority and continue to promote extremist, Russophobic views.

They indulge the leaders of the Kiev regime when they honour notorious war criminals and Hitler collaborators in Kiev – people whose hands are stained with the blood of Russians, Jews, Belarusians, Ukrainians and people of other nationalities.

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Having launched the special military operation in 2022 to protect the people of Donbass and Novorossiya from extermination by the Kiev regime, Russia continues to fight for their security and rights in full accordance with the letter and spirit of the UN Charter.

❗️ Our struggle for truth and justice will be carried through to the end: the objectives of the special military operation will be achieved, threats to Russia’s security will be eliminated, and peaceful life will be restored.

This will happen regardless of any circumstances, including the inability of the current leadership of the UN to take the only correct position on the situation around Ukraine – that of defending the principles of the UN Charter not selectively, but in their entirety, completeness and interconnection.

*Unofficial translation

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🎙 Remarks and answers to media questions by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly (New York, September 26, 2026)

Key points:

• Without a doubt, the UN needs to be adapted to the new realities, including through reform of the Security Council by adding representatives from Asia, Africa and Latin America. We cannot envisage any additional seats for Western countries. We cannot allow that, because the West is already overrepresented on the UN Security Council.

• We expect the new Secretary-General to represent the interests of all humanity, not just the “golden billion,” and to meet all the criteria set out in the UN Charter, including impartiality, objectivity and proper performance of the functions of the Organisation’s chief administrative officer.

• I have repeatedly set out the sequence of events in the development of the Ukraine crisis. There is no lack of trust on our part. Moreover, we continued the bilateral talks in Istanbul, and trilateral talks were also held in Abu Dhabi with US participation. None of these rounds of negotiations were terminated by us, but by those who now claim that “the Russians are avoiding contacts and have nothing to say”.

• We believe that the Islamabad Memorandum was, as they say, a fair deal. Since it was signed at the highest level, it was presumably done consciously. So why not return to it?

• As for drafting the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century, we are not setting any artificial deadlines. At the same time, we certainly would not want this work to drag on, given that our Eurasian continent badly needs a continent-wide framework open to all countries and organisations of the continent without exception and free from any external interference.

•All the damage being inflicted on commercial shipping is the result of Ukrainian terrorist attacks, not only in the Black Sea but also in the Caspian Sea.

• The trend towards outright Nazism is evident not only in Europe’s support for the Kiev regime, but also in what I mentioned in my statement. German chancellor Friedrich Merz has said – more than once, so this was no slip of the tongue – that his goal is to ensure that Germany “once again becomes the leading military power in Europe”. Does he understand the meaning of the words “once again” in that context? These are very dangerous trends, prompting many analysts to speak of attempts to create a “Fourth Reich”.

• We maintain a regular dialogue with the administration of US President Donald Trump in various formats, and that alone is already a sign of normality. If relations are reduced to issuing propaganda statements every morning condemning Russia and demanding that Russia suffer a “strategic defeat,” then that is not diplomacy.

• In today’s world, no country – not even one as powerful as the US – can solve all global problems single-handedly, especially at the expense of others.

👉 I am confident that reality will teach our American partners to start thinking in terms of #Multilateralism. They are not the only economic and military power in the world, nor the only independent actor on the international stage.

• I am frankly tired of discussing this issue [European leaders calling for preparations for war with Russia]. We have stated our position many times, so I have nothing to add. President of Russia Vladimir Putin has recently reaffirmed it in St Petersburg: we are not going to wage war against Europe. The very idea is absurd and nonsensical.

☝️ Yet it is Europe that is preparing for war with us.

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✅ That’s a wrap on the Russian delegation’s diplomatic marathon led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the #UNGA81 High-Level Week! 🏁

#TeamRussia kept up a relentless pace at UN HQ in New York.

A few figures: In over 90+ hours of nearly nonstop work, Russian diplomats took part in nearly 50 events – bilateral meetings and multilateral talks – as well as the General Debate of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly and a UN Security Council meeting.

📹 Watch the highlights of #VideoRecap 👇

👉 #DAY1
👉 #DAY2
👉 #DAY3

🎙 Sergey Lavrov’s statement at the UNSC meeting on Ukraine
🎙 Sergey Lavrov’s statement at the #UNGA81 General Debate
🎙 The Foreign Minister’s press conference

📄 Joint Statement “Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century: Inauguration of Negotiations”
🎙 Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at the high-level meeting on the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century

#UNCharterIsOurRules

🎙 Из ответов на вопросы Президента России Владимира Путина представителям СМИ (25 сентября 2026 года)

❓ Вопрос: Владимир Владимирович, ранее Вы говорили, что после выборов в Государственную Думу могут возобновиться переговоры в трёхстороннем формате: Россия, США, Украина. Выборы прошли. Где и когда может состояться новый раунд переговоров?

💬 В.В.Путин: Как известно, украинская сторона прервала переговоры, которые шли в Стамбуле. Но <...> где-то за пару недель до выборов заявила о готовности возобновить эти переговоры. И действительно, мы сказали, что до выборов в Государственную Думу переговоры вряд ли возможны, а после этого мы будем готовы возобновить эти контакты.

Но что произошло за последнее время тоже всем хорошо известно. 👇

• В ночь с 19-20-е, т.е. в основной день голосования, была предпринята попытка массированного удара по Москве. Свыше 1600 беспилотников вошло практически в московскую зону.

• Были нанесены удары по избирательным участкам. <...>

• Начали осуществлять атаки на жилые дома председателей территориальных избирательных комиссий. <...>

• Думаю, что все помнят, как проходил ПМЭФ, когда украинские власти пытались нанести удар по Петербургу, ударили по т.наз. угольной гавани в порту.

• C июня начали бить по нашим нефтеперерабатывающим заводам. <...>

• Пытались организовать морскую блокаду нашего Черноморского побережья. <...>

👉 После этого мы по каждой позиции начали отвечать. Судя по всему, ответные действия российских Вооружённых Сил оказались настолько чувствительными и разрушительными для противника, что сейчас они опять активно поднимают вопрос о перемирии по нескольким направлениям, как они сами говорят: энергетическое (т.е. готовы уже не бить по нашим НПЗ), воздушное (взаимно прекратить удары). <...>

Поэтому эти все действия, направленные на т.наз. примирение, и предложение о возобновлении переговоров — да, они все на столе, это всё возможно.

❗️ Но после всего того, что они сделали, мы ещё подумаем как следует, что нам нужно предпринять в ответ. <...>

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❓ Вопрос: Мы уже привыкли, к сожалению, к волне русофобии со стороны Европы. Но на днях Министр обороны Эстонии М.Херем заявил, что они готовы убивать каждого русского, который перейдет границу, и если русские не нападут первыми, то выгоднее это эстонцам сделать самим. Безумие. Но это же говорит Министр обороны соседней с нами страны, страны НАТО. Как можно реагировать?

💬 В.В.Путин: Со стороны европейских стран, это, безусловно, целенаправленное раздувание ситуации и провокация. <...> Мы не готовимся к каким бы то ни было боевым действиям с Европой, у нас нет никаких реальных побудительных мотивов для обострения ситуации с Европой, что бы кто ни говорил в т.ч. из прибалтийских государств. <...>

Мы знаем, что там нарушаются права русскоязычного населения, но мы знаем, как реагировать, и мы выработали определённый подход к этому. Мы реагируем в гуманитарном плане, в плане международного права. <...>

Нагнетание со стороны определённых кругов, настроенных агрессивно, можно объяснить только одним: они хотят и дальше использовать украинцев как пушечное мясо, а Украину как государство — в качестве инструмента борьбы с Россией.

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❓ Вопрос: Сейчас в США проходят переговоры Председателя КНР и Президента США. Как Вы к этому относитесь? Не ревнуете ли? И собираетесь ли на Саммит АТЭС в Китае, где можно провести трехстороннюю встречу между вами?

💬 В.В.Путин: <...> Приветствуем переговоры между США и КНР. Потому что это две крупнейшие экономики мира и в зависимости от того, как они договорятся по спорным вопросам, по тем проблемным вопросам, которые складываются из нелегитимных санкций со стороны США, как и какие договорённости будут достигнуты, это будет влиять и на всю мировую экономику, в т.ч. и на нашу экономику. <...>

[Саммит #АТЭС] — это в целом серьёзное мероприятие, и у меня есть приглашение. Я исхожу из того, что полезно поработать на такой площадке. Я и Председателю Си Цзиньпину об этом сказал. Я настроен на то, чтобы принять участие в этой работе. Но в конечном итоге это всё-таки будет зависеть от ситуации в России.

#KievRegimeCrimes

⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:

Andrey Sibiga’s statement about the city of Alyoshki at the UN General Assembly was an example of extreme cynicism: he was willing to use even the most appalling lies to serve his own ends.

For more than a year, Ukrainian militants have tried to impose an artificial blockade on the civilian population of Alyoshki in the Kherson Region. The city lies about three kilometres from Ukrainian positions, across the Dnieper River. For over two years, Ukrainian militants have relentlessly bombed and shelled Alyoshki and laid mines there remotely.

On May 1, 2025, they carried out a veritable “fascist raid” on the city market. Over four hours, more than 30 Ukrainian drones attacked civilians at the market. Any civilian who tried to leave shelter was struck by a drone. Seven people died at the scene and more than 20 were injured. It was, in effect, a point-blank attack on defenceless civilians.

After the EU gave Kiev generous funding to buy attack drones, Ukrainian militants focused on imposing a drone blockade on the two main roads linking Alyoshki to the rest of the region. A reconnaissance drone hovers overhead at all times, and any civilian vehicle travelling into or out of the city is immediately attacked.

Ukrainian militants have struck some 15 ambulances on these roads alone. Daily attacks on the city hospital, remote mining of every approach to Alyoshki, strikes on homes and public transport, and the systematic disruption of its power and water supplies – this is the reality that Sibiga’s “friends” have created for the city’s residents.

For months, Ukrainian militants have tried to prevent food, medicine and other essentials from reaching Alyoshki.

👉 About 20 days ago, Kiev bombed another volunteer aid convoy that was trying to bring food into the city and evacuate the wounded and residents wishing to leave. The Nazis prevented it.

And after all this, Sibiga stood at the UN General Assembly podium and declared that “Moscow is the sole cause of this catastrophe”...

⚡️ Комментарий официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой по случаю Международного дня всеобщего доступа к информации (28 сентября 2026 года)

💬 28 сентября отмечается учреждённый Генеральной конференцией #ЮНЕСКО Международный день всеобщего доступа к информации.

Эта памятная дата призвана напомнить о фундаментальном праве каждого искать, получать и распространять информацию.

В последние годы в результате агрессивных действий стран «коллективного Запада» по стерильной зачистке медиапространства от неугодных ему точек зрения этот День во многом превратился в ритуальное календарное мероприятие, на котором из уст западных, в первую очередь европейских, политиков звучат высокопарные декларации, не имеющие ничего общего с реальностью.

❗️ Следует констатировать продолжающуюся деградацию ситуации в сфере доступа граждан государств «цветущего сада» к информации из-за искусственно возводимых технических, регуляторных, административных и других барьеров в угоду тем, кто настырно продвигает пресловутый «миропорядок, основанный на правилах».

В жернова не поддающихся подсчёту политически мотивированных рестрикций «коллективного Запада» попали российские и русскоязычные СМИ и журналисты. <...>

❌ На системной основе применяется тотальная блокировка медиаресурсов, персональные санкции в отношении журналистов, совершаются провокации и заводятся уголовные дела. При этом в таких странах ЕС, как Франция, отстаивающих свою точку зрения корреспондентов грубо «вырезают» из информпространства, выдворяют за пределы страны и принимают в их отношении иные карательные меры.

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Ещё одной серьёзной угрозой доступу к правдивой информации стала лавина фейков, в том числе генерируемых при помощи искусственного интеллекта и распространяемых через интернет-платформы, контролируемые западными IT-гигантами.

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Вбросы дезинформации стали использоваться западными политиками и их киевскими, молдавскими, прибалтийскими протеже в качестве удобного обоснования для дальнейшего наступления на плюрализм СМИ и свободу выражения мнений.

Механизм такой «информационной политики» незамысловат: быстро «состряпать» фейк, раскрутить его через послушные мейнстримные медиа и на подконтрольных интернет-площадках, параллельно закрыть доступ к фактам и свидетельствам реальных очевидцев, к альтернативным оценкам и трактовкам.

👉 Яркий пример — инсценировка киевским режимом и его западными спонсорами в н.п.Буча в апреле 2022 года, когда «удачно» оказавшаяся «в нужное время в нужном месте» команда «Би-Би-Си» транслировала на весь мир картинку разложенных по улицам городка трупов якобы мирных жителей, что впоследствии использовалось для срыва переговоров по урегулированию конфликта. <...>

Подобные чудовищные провокации красноречиво свидетельствуют о моральном облике правящих кругов на Западе и их киевских марионеток, обостряют необходимость в независимых международных механизмах фактчекинга.

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❗️ В таких удручающих обстоятельствах необходима полная «перезагрузка» профильных международных институтов, которые вследствие засилья в их исполструктурах представителей стран «коллективного Запада» превратились в инструмент обслуживания корыстных геополитических интересов узкой группы государств.

Международные чиновники позабыли о принципах беспристрастности и равноудалённости, закрывают глаза на репрессии и даже на целенаправленные нападения и убийства российских журналистов и военкоров, позволяют себе политизированные высказывания, издают ангажированные псевдо-доклады <...>.

Со своей стороны, продолжим системную работу по обеспечению безопасных и достойных условий для работы сотрудников СМИ без всяких различий, разрушению искусственно возводимых Западом «информационных барьеров», отстаиванию правды и равного доступа к ней для всех без исключения.

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ABC has announced that tonight’s edition of Foreign Correspondent will focus on the alleged “rescue of Ukrainian children” from Donbass.

Judging by the programme’s preview, the Australian audience can expect another highly emotional presentation of the issue, with Russia and its treatment of Ukrainian children portrayed in the darkest possible terms.

Interestingly, the topic of Ukrainian children has been brought to the forefront shortly after Australia unveiled a new package of assistance to Ukraine. Is this merely a coincidence?

The use of children to manipulate public emotions is nothing new in Western media coverage of conflicts. Just recall the “White Helmets” videos from Syria, portraying supposedly suffering children following an alleged chemical attack – footage that was presented as evidence but was later exposed as staged.

As for Ukraine, the Kiev regime and Western media continue to promote fakes about “tens of thousands” of Ukrainian children allegedly “stolen”, “abducted” or “deported” by Russia. In fact, Russian authorities have sought to save children from combat zones and provide them with safety and humanitarian assistance. Moreover, the figures being circulated cannot be independently verified.

A telling example is the list of 339 children allegedly located on the territory of our country handed over by the Ukrainian side during the Istanbul talks in June 2025. This was the only actual list of names ever provided by Ukraine. Moreover, a review conducted by the Russian side found that a substantial part of the list was based on outdated or irrelevant information. As for the remaining minors on the list, meticulous work is being carried out, in contact with the Ukrainian side, to establish and verify data concerning their relatives.

Detailed information on the process of family reunification for children separated during the Ukrainian conflict is available in the 4th Bulletin of the Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights dated 7 May 2026.

But will Foreign Correspondent refer to any of these facts?

Will the Australian reporters recall how then-Ukrainian president Poroshenko declared in 2014 that “our children will go to bright kindergartens and schools, while the children in Donbass will rot in basements”? What a remarkable manifestation of “love” for Russian children – who were Ukrainian citizens at the time, by the way, – telling them to “rot in basements”.

Will the programme examine the fate of children in Donbass who were killed or injured during years of shelling and armed violence from 2014 to February 2022?

Will Foreign Correspondent mention the Hitlerjugend-style military camps where local youth are brainwashed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis and foreign instructors?

And will it examine the role of Ukrainian state structures and individuals, including Zelensky’s wife Yelena, in facilitating the trafficking of children displaced by the conflict to Europe and their sexual exploitation?

These are not unreasonable questions for a programme that calls itself “investigative journalism”.