KYIV — February 23, 2026. Senior Ukrainian officials, international diplomats and legal experts gathered in the Ukrainian capital for the Justice Conference, a high-level forum focused on wartime accountability and one of the most politically sensitive issues emerging from Russia’s invasion — the forced transfer of Ukrainian children.

Among the participants was Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi Moshe Reuven Asman, who said the discussions centered on practical mechanisms to return thousands of children taken from occupied territories and on building international legal pressure against Moscow.

The conference, held with the participation of the Office of the President of Ukraine, reflected Kyiv’s growing effort to move the conversation about wartime abuses from moral condemnation toward enforceable legal outcomes.

Turning War Crimes Into Legal Cases

According to participants, the Justice Conference was designed as more than a diplomatic gathering. Ukrainian authorities increasingly frame accountability — including the issue of deported children — as a cornerstone of post-war security architecture in........

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