The Prosecutor General stated that three mothers were taken into custody for crimes against children
Three high-profile cases involving child victims are currently under investigation in Ukraine—ranging from fatal negligence to trafficking and torture. The Prosecutor General reported the arrest of mothers in various regions and a tough response from law enforcement to these crimes.
Stories from Dnipro, Rivne, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions paint a single horrifying picture—one in which children find themselves defenseless in places where they should be safe. The investigation has documented the death of an infant from starvation, the sale of children for begging, and systematic domestic violence, and the mothers in all three cases are already in custody. The Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported this, emphasizing that this constitutes a “betrayal of childhood” for which there is absolutely no justification.
In Dnipro, the tragedy involved a two-month-old girl who, according to the investigation, died of exhaustion and a complete lack of care. The mother, as noted, failed to provide the child with even basic necessities and did not seek medical help, even when the infant’s condition became critical. After the death, according to law enforcement officials, the woman hid the child’s body and left her residence with her older son. In the Rivne region, investigators are looking into another case—the sale of three children aged 9, 11, and 15. According to the prosecutor’s office, the mother received 30,000 hryvnias for them, and the children were to be used for begging. It has also been established that the eldest daughter had previously been forced to engage in illegal activities as a courier.
In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, according to the investigation, a mother had been abusing her 15-year-old son with a disability for years. This involved systematic beatings, humiliation, and cruel treatment, which occurred against a backdrop of alcohol abuse. After yet another incident, the child was hospitalized. The Prosecutor General noted that all children involved in these cases have been removed from the dangerous environment, and the mothers are being held in custody without the right to bail. He also emphasized that accountability must extend not only to the direct perpetrators but also to those who should have intervened but failed to do so.
The office emphasizes that such cases put the entire child protection system to the test, and that sentences should not be merely formal but should effectively prevent the recurrence of similar tragedies. This was reported by Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko.
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