A bunch of kids in Russia was allegedly ushered right into a police van and later put behind bars by regulation enforcement after they tried to put flowers on the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow.

The information of the youngsters's alleged arrest first made the rounds Tuesday in a now-viral Fb publish from a girl, Alexandra Arkhipova, whose Fb web page lists her as a docent at Russian State College.

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The publish, written in each Russian and English and titled "Youngsters, conflict, and a police van," describes occasions that allegedly happened with two Moscow girls and their 5 kids. The children have been listed as ranging in age from 7 to 11 years outdated.

"[The children] went to place flowers on the Ukrainian Embassy," the publish stated, including that they'd drawn a poster to associate with the flowers. Varied translations from Russian journalists on Twitter stated that the poster created by the youngsters learn both "no conflict," "cease conflict" or "no to conflict."

After they tried the peaceable protest, although, the publish alleges that all the kids have been detained by regulation enforcement and held in a police van.

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A bunch of kids have been allegedly arrested in Moscow after they tried to position flowers on the Ukrainian Embassy. Between 2,000 and 6,000 Russians have reportedly been arrested within the wake of protests following the nation's invasion of Ukraine. Right here, a protest in opposition to the preventing may be seen in Montreal, Quebec, on the third day of the invasion. Andrej Ivanov/Getty

Finally, the publish stated, the youngsters have been taken to a close-by Moscow police station and positioned in holding. A bunch of pictures accompanying the publish seems to indicate the youngsters in a wide range of areas, together with the again of a police van, in addition to what seems to be a small holding cell.

"Telephones have been taken away from mother and father (or might be quickly)," the publish stated. "The policemen are shouting on the mother and father theathing these courageous mothers and their kids, that the youngsters have been placing into the youngsters care proper now and these mothers would misplaced their mother and father rights [sic]."

The publish then requested for the assistance of the neighborhood, together with journalists and human rights activists, with a purpose to make clear the alleged arrests.

In an replace hours later, Arkhipova wrote: "All of them lastly have been launched. Now they may meet a court docket trial." It's unclear what the youngsters have been charged with.

After the publish gained traction on-line, folks took to social media to specific their anger on the alleged arrest of kids by Russian authorities. Nika Melkozerova, the chief editor of The New Voice of Ukraine, tweeted: "Arresting personal kids in Russia?Wtf!!!??"

Julian Röpcke, a journalist for German tabloid newspaper Bild, tweeted pictures of the arrested kids in juxtaposition with footage of what gave the impression to be Ukrainian kids taking shelter from the Russian invasion.

"They're all Putin's victims," Röpcke stated. "Let's beat this prison collectively!"

Within the aftermath of the invasion of Ukraine, protests which might be usually uncharacteristic underneath the Putin regime broke out in quite a few Russian cities, together with the massive metropolises of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Studies fluctuate as to the full variety of Russians arrested, however the determine has been estimated as wherever from 2,000 to six,000 because the starting of the preventing.

Reuters reported that protests of varied sizes have continued to interrupt out in not less than 48 Russian cities because the invasion of Ukraine strikes ahead.

Newsweek has reached out to the Russian police in addition to Arkhipova through Fb for remark.