Russia tried to swap abducted Ukrainian children like POWs, Sybiha reveals
Sybiha rejects Russia's bid to swap abducted Ukrainian children for POWs. Only 2,000 of 20,000 home.
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Mikhail Piotrovsky runs Russia’s Hermitage Museum. EU just sanctioned him for legitimizing Russia’s occupation of Ukraine
Russia steals children. Russia steals history.
Europol tracked 45 children Russia deported all the way to the military units that moved them — and passed the evidence to Kyiv
The intelligence package covers routes, perpetrators, Russian military units, and destination facilities, forming part of Europol's broader support for Ukraine's investigations into Russia's forcible displacement of thousands of children.
European Parliament adopts resolution on return of Ukrainian children
The European Parliament condemned Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children in a resolution that calls for their immediate return and demands accountability for what it terms a "genocidal strategy."
ISW: Russia prepares to forcibly remove and deport Ukrainian children this summer
Russian authorities will deport over 53,000 Ukrainian children to "summer camps" designed to erase their Ukrainian identity, according to a new ISW analysis.
US may have destroyed evidence of Russian deportation of Ukrainian children – Reuters
Evidence that could be used against Russian President Vladimir Putin for the alleged abduction of Ukrainian children has been lost after a US tracking program was terminated.
Musk’s DOGE stops funding group looking for Ukrainian children deported to Russia
The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale, which has played a key role in repatriating over 1,200 Ukrainian children from Russia, has lost its government funding.
“Putin’s Hitler-Jugend.” Russia builds tomorrow’s army with stolen Ukrainian children, Yale lab reveals
Russian military recruiters visit facilities housing deported Ukrainian children, delivering combat readiness lectures while the Kremlin creates special quotas for orphans in cadet schools.
Over 3,000 children from occupied Kherson Oblast taken to remote areas of Russia for “re-education” – Ombudsman
This development follows repeated instances of forced deportation of Ukrainian children from occupied territories.
Russia plans to relocate 5,000 Ukrainian schoolchildren from occupied Luhansk Oblast
Previously, in the summer of 2024, Russian-installed authorities have deported 40,000 children from occupied Ukrainian territories under the guise of recreational and "patriotic education" activities.
Ukraine is searching for nearly 20,000 children deported by Russia; real numbers could be much higher
Children's identity was often changed. Recent research from Yale University has characterized Russia's adoption program of deported Ukrainian children as "systematic and widespread."
Ukraine returns 8 children from Russian-occupied territories
Eight Ukrainian children, aged 6 to 16, have been successfully returned from Russian-occupied territories through diplomatic negotiations.
Ukraine repatriates seven deported children from Russia under Qatar mediation
Russian official claims Ukraine returned seven children, while transferring two "Russian" boys to Russia.
UK sanctions Russian officials over systematic illegal deportation of Ukrainian children
Sanctions announced on the 1,000th day of Russia's invasion highlight the UK's commitment to confronting its "barbaric" attack on Ukraine's sovereignty and children's cultural heritage.
SBU identifies Russian officer behind deportation of 15 children from Mykolaiv
A commander in Russia's 205th Motor Rifle Brigade faces war crimes charges for orchestrating the forced removal of Ukrainian children to Russian territory.
Russia deports 40,000 Ukrainian children, forces assimilation via “patriotic re-education” camps
Ukrainian children are being relocated as far as 8,000 kilometers (4,970 miles) from their homes and taught by a curriculum designed to "eradicate national identity" and "forcibly assimilate Ukrainian children.”
8 Ukrainian kids returned from Russian occupation tell of beatings and threats
A charitable organization Save Ukraine successfully brought eight Ukrainian children aged 7 to 17 and their families back to Ukraine from the Russian-occupied Kherson and Donetsk Oblasts.
Russia illegally holds under arrest over 14,000 Ukrainian citizens – Ombudsman
Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said that that efforts to secure their return proving exceptionally challenging.
Ukraine repatriates 600 of at least 20,000 children abducted by Russia
Last year, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for President Vladimir Putin and Russia's children's rights commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, accusing them of illegally deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.
Three children, including 8-year-old, returned from Russian occupation
Kherson Governor says 3 kids returned safely thanks to Save Ukraine organisation efforts. Over 359 children reunited with families so far despite Russian obstacles.