Russian police have arrested five children 7-11 years old and their two guardians who were offering wreaths in front of the Ukrainian embassy in front of the Ukrainian embassy. 



According to foreign media such as U.S. Newsweek on the 1st local time, Alexandra Archipova, an anthropologist at Russian State University, posted an article on her SNS with the title 'Children, War, and Police Cars' on the same day, saying, "Today, five children are at the Ukrainian embassy. They were all detained,” he said. 



The children are said to have visited the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow, Russia, to take part in a peaceful protest holding posters and flowers that read 'No War' in Russian. 



However, Russian police arrested both the children and their parents.

The children were found to be between 7 and 11 years old. 



A photo released by Archipova shows three children aboard a police convoy, sitting in chairs with terrified faces.

Two boys stare into the air holding a poster with Russian and Ukrainian flags side by side next to the phrase 'Anti-War'.



The girl is also sitting in her chair, holding a poster and flowers in her hands.

She has a red look around her eyes and the tip of her nose, as if she had burst into tears.



In another video released by Archipova, the girl complained of fear as she grabbed the hand of an adult who had reached over the cage of a convoy.

The adult comforted the child by saying, “It’s okay,” but the child said, “It’s okay.  




"In the course of the arrest, the police took the children's parents' cell phones," Archipova said. 



People around the world who saw Archipova's post expressed their anger through social media. 



Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmitro Kuleva, shared the photos of the detained children, calling them "evidence that Putin is harassing children through war." 



"Both Ukrainian and Russian children are falling victim to Putin. We must defeat this criminal," wrote Julian Lebke, a German media reporter for Bild. 



The children and their parents were released after hiring a lawyer, but it is known that they will face trial in the future.

It is not known what specific charges they will face. 



Protests of varying sizes have been taking place in at least 48 Russian cities since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine on the 24th of last month, Reuters reported. 



As of a day, 6,840 people have been detained for anti-war protests across Russia, according to Russian human rights media media OVD-Info. 



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(Photo = 'Alexandra Arkhipova' Facebook capture)