Calay News
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield revealed a series of measures during her leadership at a UN Security Council session that coincided with Ukraine’s Independence Day. In a significant move, the United States imposed sanctions on eleven Russian officials, including several regional commissioners responsible for “children’s rights. These sanctions entail freezing any assets that these individuals may have on US soil and declaring any financial transactions between them and US citizens a crime.
The restrictive measures also targeted the case of Artek, known as the “summer camp”, located on the Crimean peninsula. This place was annexed by Russia in 2014 after an action not recognized internationally in which it seized the region from Ukraine. In addition, the sanctions were extended to an alleged child “re-education” center located in Chechnya.
In a further step, the US State Department announced the imposition of visa restrictions on three Russian individuals linked to the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children from areas under the control of Moscow’s military forces. This action was taken in response to allegations of forced separation of families and displacement of minors.
Russia’s response to these measures was immediate. The country strongly rejected the decisions taken by the United States and, as a countermeasure, imposed sanctions of its own, targeting the prosecutor of a court based in The Hague.
These developments reflect the growing tension between the United States and Russia, as well as international attention focused on the humanitarian and human rights implications in the affected regions.
