Russia hands summons to 17-year-old boy deported from Mariupol

This was reported in the Ministry of Reintegration.

At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Bohdan Yermokhin was studying at the Mariupol higher metallurgical vocational school, being on full state support. The boy lived in Mariupol in the dormitory of the school.

Bohdan is an orphan child, he is only 17. In August 2022 he was included in the Unified Register of persons, including children, deported or forcibly displaced in connection with the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, - said in the Ministry.

After the occupation of Mariupol, the Russians moved Bohdan along with other children to the Polyana children's sanatorium in the Moscow region. Despite having a legal guardian, he was placed in the care of a Russian family in July 2022.

Bohdan said that he was issued a Russian passport and was placed in an educational institution. He tried to return to Ukraine in April 2023, but was detained at the border with Belarus and returned to his foster family.

Ukraine has appealed 4 times to return the teenager to his homeland, in particular:

• twice the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk appealed to the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia;
• NIB - to the Chairman of the Bureau of the ICRC Central Tracing Agency and, in copy, to the Chairman of the ICRC Central Tracing Agency and the Chairman of the ICRC delegation in Ukraine;
• The Ministry of Reintegration to the Chairmen of the ICRC delegation in Ukraine.

Today it became known that Bohdan was served a summons to appear at the military enlistment office in the Moscow region. on 19 November he will turn 18 years old, so he will probably be sent to the Russian army.

This cannot be allowed. I appeal to the world community, to the International Criminal Court with a request to give a legal assessment of the actions of the Russian authorities. I also ask international leaders to help in the return of our boy, who will soon be forced to fight against his country," said Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.