At least 6,000 Ukrainian children have been removed from their homes in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, and relocated to 43 camps in Russia, Crimea and Siberia to receive “pro-Russian military and patriotic education”.
This is how a report by the Yale University Humanitarian Research Laboratory, funded by the Department of State from USA.
According to the report, several hundred children have been held there for weeks or months beyond the scheduled return date. Russia also accelerated the adoption and fostering of children from Ukraine, which could constitute a war crime.
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According to Nathaniel Raymond, a Yale researcher who oversaw the report, the children were trained in the use of firearmsalthough they were not sent to fight.
The Russian authorities also seek to provide a pro-Russia point of view children through school curricula, as well as field trips to patriotic sites and veterans’ talks, the report says.
“Mounting evidence of Russia’s actions exposes the Kremlin’s goals of denying and suppressing the identity, history and culture of Ukraine”, the US State Department said in a statement. “The devastating impacts of Putin’s war on the children of Ukraine will be felt for generations.”
Yale investigators say Vladimir Putin’s aides have been heavily involved in the operation, especially Maria Lvova-Belova, the presidential commissioner for children’s rights.
The Russian embassy in Washington responded to the report’s findings on Telegram, saying: “Russia accepted the children who were forced to flee with their families from the bombing” and “We do our best to keep minors in the families, and in cases of absence or death of parents and relatives – to transfer orphans under guardianship”.
The report, which was compiled with the help of satellite imagery and public accounts, said the number of children sent to the camps is “probably significantly higher” than the confirmed 6,000. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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