Many interesting events took place on the sidelines of the Swiss conference on Ukraine's peaceful proposals. Leaders of countries and public organizations

unequivocally expressed their support for ending the war in Ukraine, withdrawing Russian troops from occupied territories, and halting genocidal policies against ethnic Ukrainians. The heartfelt speech by Italian Foreign Minister Antonino Tajani stood out, inviting President Zelensky to Rome and pledging solidarity with Ukraine until the end.

The most tragic theme throughout the conference was the issue of Ukrainian children being kidnapped, with their numbers now exceeding 20,000. Many heads of states addressed this, as did President Zelensky during his press conference. The suffering of Ukrainian children, traded one by one like prisoners of war, is unprecedented in modern history and is only comparable to what happened to Jewish children during the Holocaust.

Unfortunately, as of today, there are no governmental or other programs from European countries comparable to the Kindertransport operation during the Holocaust. The front of the Russian-Ukrainian war is advancing, with Russian forces seizing more rural communities where Ukrainian children reside. Parents are willing to send them to safe places, but independent evacuation of children abroad and their reception by social services in European countries is difficult.

There is a moral demand in Europe for operation Kindertransport. Public and international charitable organizations do not have access to combat zones, and the liberation of children from camps in Russia seems unrealistic. Some British organizations, such as World Jewish Relief, are assisting Ukrainian children, but there is currently no widespread public campaign in the UK regarding the rescue of children from territories seized by Russian forces. Photo by Fallaner, Wikimedia commons.