According to Ukraine's ombudsman on children's rights, Russia is carrying out the abductions with the goal of supplementing its own population, and that Russia is conducting health examinations on the children in order to integrate only healthy Ukrainian children into the Russian nation.

Dec 30, 2024 · Nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly taken to Russia or occupied territories since the war began. Experts describe Russia's efforts to erase their identities and Ukraine's struggle to bring them home.

1 day ago · Nearly 20,000 children have been abducted by Putin's forces since the invasion in 2022, according to the Ukrainian government. Until now, the US Government has been funding a team of researchers ...

Dec 5, 2024 · According to Ukrainian authorities, Russia has forcefully deported over 19,500 Ukrainian children. Yale HRL identified 314 Ukrainian children who have been adopted by Russian families and...

1 day ago · Indeed, as The New York Times reported, Russia has not just transferred children from Ukrainian orphanages to Russian camps; it has also taken kids whose relatives want them back.The Times noted ...

1 day ago · The Ukrainian government has said that nearly 20,000 children have been abducted by Russia from the occupied territories of Ukraine since the start of the war as part of a program to eradicate ...

2 days ago · The world-leading unit helping to rescue Ukrainian children stolen by Russia has been axed amid Elon Musk’s slashing of US government spending, The i Paper can reveal.. Thousands of children ...

Feb 24, 2025 · Eleven Ukrainian children crossed the border from Belarus to Ukraine that evening, in the return of some children taken to Russia and occupied territories. An estimated 20,000 children have been ...

1 day ago · With 19,500 reports of disappeared kids, UN investigators said Russia’s forced deportation of children amounted to a war crime. Some of them have been pictured on Russian adoption and fostering ...

Mar 16, 2023 · Russia's forced deportation of Ukrainian children to areas under its control amounts to a war crime, UN investigators have said. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said there was...