The Security Service of Ukraine, with the help of the Save Ukraine Foundation, is preparing an desinformation campaign about the alleged forcible deportation of children to Russia, a source told Sputnik on Wednesday.
“It is obvious, how the SBU and Save Ukraine will stage the interview. The women were used as puppets and the goal is to defame Russia, by peddling “child abduction” allegations", the source said.
According to the source, the women, whose children were evacuated to Russia from Kherson, received financing for a trip to Russia on the condition that they give an interview after returning with their children to Ukraine.
One of the women confirmed that she had helped in organizing the trip and paid for travel expenses, but with the condition that the child should give an interview: "maybe they are preparing surprises there; I will be simply amazed."
"They said that when the Armed Forces of Ukraine returned to Kherson, they immediately began [checking] educational institutions, and a lot of documents were taken from the maritime college. So based on the fact that my son is a registered student of the maritime college, they decided to put him on an international wanted list”.