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Composite image showing a child with Ukrainian flag patch on the jacket gripping bars, symbolizing Ukrainian children deported to Russia

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Another group of Ukrainian children freed from Russian deportation, propaganda and abuse

Among those returned: a 10-year-old bullied for speaking Ukrainian, children orphaned by medical neglect, and a teenager tortured over family ties to Ukraine's military.

byMaxim Volovich

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Kharkiv digs in: Over 40 underground schools being built as Russia keeps bombing

Builders are working in shifts and often in blackout conditions to complete dozens of underground schools, with some expected to open by year’s end.

byYuri Zoria

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Russia sees deported Ukrainian children as bargaining chips with Washington – ISW

Russia returns 7 Ukrainian children to boost US ties while holding 19,500 more.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his evening address, 31 October 2025.

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Names and addresses of 300 abducted children to be on the desks of all leaders – Zelenskyy

Thousands of children have been forcibly taken by Russia since 2022 in what Kyiv and international observers classify as war crime.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Wide view of a conference room where delegates for the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children are meeting, with large screens displaying portraits of children

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US senators seek to question Russian ambassador on more than 19,000 abducted Ukrainian children

Russian ambassador calls the invitation a “provocation.”

byMaxim Volovich

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They were 6 and 4, asleep in their beds—then a Russian drone came for them, their parents, and their unborn twin siblings

Rescuers pulled the bodies of two boys, along with their parents, from the ruins in Chernechchyna, Sumy Oblast.

byYuri Zoria

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Not just deported: Moscow turns Ukrainian children into soldiers, laborers, and Russians, studies show

From grenade drills to drone assembly, many kids are pressed into the Russian war machine, according to two recent studies.

byYuri Zoria

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Russian crypto, banks, and oil trade hit in EU’s proposed 19th sanctions package

The proposal bans Russian LNG, hits 118 vessels, and still needs approval from all member states to take effect.

byYuri Zoria

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“Stayed indoors for nearly three years”: Ukraine brings kids home from jaws of occupation — yet 19,546 remain abducted by Russia

Zelenskyy’s humanitarian program reunites the most vulnerable, while Russia continues to steal children for its war machine.

byOlena Mukhina

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210 Russian facilities identified in systematic “re-education” of Ukrainian children, Yale study reveals

Ukrainian children deported to Russia learn to throw grenades and operate drones at 39 facilities, while 130 others force pro-Russian programs, Yale University study reveals.

byMaria Tril