By Perla Guitierrez, Staff Writer | November 9, 2022
On February 24, 2022, Russia began to attack the country of Ukraine. While allies of Ukraine have rushed to help, they are limitations on what resources they can provide Ukraine with.
Over several months, thousands of people in Ukraine have died.
Many find themselves stranded without any knowledge of their family’s whereabouts or whether they’re even okay.
A popular opinion is that the war is a criminal act.
Carson High School history teacher Mr. Elmore said that it is a “war crime [on] a massive scale” and that such “unjustified wars of aggression are wrong.”
There are reports stating that Russia has begun taking in children from Ukrainian orphanages -- and children in orphanages in surrounding countries -- and have placed them with Russian families who would receive a stipend for taking them in, with encouragement from Putin. There, children are made Russian citizens and put into schools where they are taught more about Russia and its culture. Many are reportedly outraged by this latest “unethical” act.
“I think the whole war in general is a bad thing, but what’s even worse, is taking the chance these children have to look for family away,” said CHS junior Emily Domingo. “Especially when you realize how much they end up suffering as innocents being caught in the middle.”
While most of the world seems to desire that the entire conflict between Russia and Ukraine conclude without too much damage for either side and that these children are safely put where they are meant to be, such an ending does not seem to be in the foreseeable future with the many threats and events still a part of the ongoing war.
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