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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."

byBohdan Ben

More children return to Ukraine from Russian occupation.

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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.

byMaria Tril

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Ukraine repatriates seven deported children from Russia under Qatar mediation

Russian official claims Ukraine returned seven children, while transferring two "Russian" boys to Russia.

byYuri Zoria

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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.

byYuri Zoria

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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.

byMaria Tril

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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.”

byOksana Ostapchuk

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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.

byVira Kravchuk

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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.

byMaria Tril

Ukrainian children from Kherson Children's Home

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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.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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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.

byMaria Tril

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Kremlin uses church to erase identities of deported Ukrainian kids

A joint investigation found the Russian Orthodox Church actively engaged in destroying the ukrainian identities of children deported from occupied areas.

byMaria Tril

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NYT: Russians illegally move Ukrainian children from Kherson foster home to annexed Crimea

The New York Times identified 22 children out of 46 from Kherson Children’s Home, now listed for adoption in Russia, all of whom Russian authorities forcibly took to annexed Crimea before Kherson was liberated from Russian occupation in 2022; some of the kids still have their birth parents alive in Ukraine.

byVira Kravchuk

Ombudsmen Lubinets & Qatar representatives

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Ombudsman: Ukraine provides Qatar list of 561 children deported to Russia

Qatar agrees to help secure return of orphans & children without parental care, estimated at over 3,600. As of Jan 2024, 518 kids brought back.

byMaria Tril

Ukrainians returned home from occupied territories

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Ukrainian NGO repatriates six more children from Russian occupation

Save Ukraine returned 290 children from Ukraine’s Russian-occupied territories in total, while the official number of illegally deported children stands at 19,546, representing only the documented cases.

byVira Kravchuk

torture chamber Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast

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Russian War Crimes

“Welcome to hell”: UN report exposes Russia’s systematic torture, killings, and crimes against humanity in Ukraine

"No creature alive deserves to be treated like Russians treat Ukrainians in their detention facilities," a Ukrainian POW told the UN commission

byOrysia Hrudka

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Russian forces attempt to turn Ukrainian teenagers into soldiers – CNN

In a disturbing violation of human rights, Russia is forcibly deporting Ukrainian teenagers, attempting to conscript them into the Russian armed forces.

byOrysia Hrudka

10 Ukrainian children rescued from Russian occupation

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10 Ukrainian children rescued from Russian occupation

The Ukrainian children were subjected to forced indoctrination, including singing the Russian anthem and writing letters to occupying soldiers.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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Canada, Ukraine launch int’l coalition to return children deported by Russia

The coalition aims to collaborate with numerous countries worldwide, leveraging their collective influence to exert pressure on Moscow to secure the return of Ukrainian children.

byIryna Voichuk

teddy bear and candles on the demonstration for the safe return of deported to Russia Ukrainian children

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Ukrainian NGO returns home four more children from Russian-occupied south

"Today, our Save Ukraine team brought back four more children from the occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. These children range in age from 0 to 16 years old" - NGO

byYuri Zoria

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Canada FM Joly visits Ukraine to get Russia to return Ukrainian children

During her two-day unannounced visit to Ukraine, Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Joly will push for international support in reversing Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children.

byYuri Zoria