Ukrainian ombudsman prioritizes contact with Russian counterpart; new allegations emerge regarding child recruitment and nuclear site occupation

Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets met Russian ombudsman Yana Lantratova, prioritizing establishing contact for "concrete results" over immediately addressing her alleged involvement in child deportations. Meanwhile, Ukrainian law enforcement documented six cases this year where Russian special services reportedly recruited underage girls for contract killings of Ukrainian military personnel. Human rights expert Boris Zakharov stressed that releasing prisoners and civilian detainees must precede negotiations, citing a recent exchange that returned only one civilian among 186 Ukrainians. Separately, International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan was suspended pending a harassment investigation, a decision his legal team called "unlawful." Allegations also link Rosatom employees to the Chornobyl nuclear power plant's occupation, following a reported Russian drone attack on a nuclear waste storage facility on June 7, 2026.

Sources: Радіо Свобода, Громадське, Українська правда