Russia Has Been Placed On The "list Of Shame"

• 23.06.2026, 7:37

Along with ISIS and al-Qaeda.

For the fourth consecutive year, Russia has been included on the UN list of states and groups implicated in grave violations of children’s rights during armed conflicts. Thus, the aggressor is on the same list as ISIS, al-Qaeda, and Hamas.

This was stated by Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN Andriy Melnyk at a regular meeting of the UN Security Council, according to RBC-Ukraine citing the broadcast.

Melnik stated that Russia has thus joined the “exclusive club of child killers” and perpetrators of sexual violence associated with armed conflicts.

Therefore, Ukraine’s permanent representative called for Russia to be barred from participating in the Organization’s peacekeeping operations.

“Do you feel comfortable sitting at the same table with a member state whose armed forces are responsible for confirmed large-scale and systematic war crimes against children, as well as crimes of sexual violence? I do not. I find it repulsive,” the diplomat said.

Melnik also cited the latest report by the UN Secretary-General, according to which the number of Ukrainian children killed and wounded as a result of actions by Russian troops has risen by 78%.

In addition, the number of attacks on schools and hospitals has nearly doubled, and cases of obstruction of humanitarian aid have increased more than eightfold.

According to the UN, last year alone, the Russian army and affiliated groups committed 1,899 confirmed gross violations of children’s rights in Ukraine. In light of this, the UN Secretary-General has once again included Russian forces on the so-called “list of shame.”