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Volodymyr Zelensky was traveling to The Hague on Thursday to demand the creation of a special international tribunal for the crime of aggression, demanding "justice on a large scale". He said he was convinced that Vladimir Putin would be "convicted" by such a court.

After pointing the finger at Kiev, Moscow accuses the United States of being behind the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin, seen as an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin. "A lie," retorts John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council.

French senators yesterday condemned Russia's "deportation" of Ukrainian children, calling for action on all fronts to make their return to Ukraine possible. According to Kiev, 16,221 children have been deported to Russia until the end of February, figures that the UN Commission has not been able to verify.

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07:33: Reinforced security in Moscow

The Russian capital is located some 500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border and the Kremlin is in an ultra-secure district. In this context, the allegations of an incursion of Ukrainian drones have surprised many analysts. Security measures will be further "strengthened", assured Dmitry Peskov, after the interception Wednesday night of two drones that targeted the center of Russian power.

In Mouscou, the May 9 celebrations marking the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945 are looming. The large military parade planned on Red Square is maintained and Vladimir Putin will deliver a speech there, according to his spokesman.

07:22: OSCE points to 'massive' phenomenon of 'deported' Ukrainian children

Hundreds of thousands of children have likely been transferred by Russia to areas under its control in Ukraine as well as to its own territory, according to a report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). "It seems that there is a plan to assimilate them in a massive way," Veronika Bilkova, a professor at Prague's law faculty, who wrote the study with two other experts, told reporters on Thursday.

It is difficult to determine exactly how many children were deported, a policy that began as early as 2015, following the annexation of Crimea, she said. "According to the lowest estimates we could find, their number is around 20,000. But Russian and Ukrainian sources suggest figures ten times higher, or even higher," Bilkova said. "So it's really a massive phenomenon."

The 82-page report documents "multiple violations of children's rights," with a "systematic scheme" to integrate them into Russian families instead of helping them reunite with their loved ones. Such a practice "can constitute a crime against humanity," he concludes.

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07:08: Ukraine says it shot down one of its own drones in Kiev after losing control

The Ukrainian Air Force announced Thursday night that the drone shot down a few hours earlier over Kiev, causing an explosion followed by a fire, was one of its own, losing control. "Around 20 p.m., a Bayraktar TB2 drone lost control during a scheduled flight in the Kiev region (...) The target was destroyed," the air force said, referring to "probably a technical malfunction."

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