Putin's planes deport Ukrainian children
A new study by the renowned US university Yale shows that Russian President Vladimir Putin helped organise the abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children.
‘Putin and Kremlin officials wilfully approved the programme and tried to hide its extent,’ the study supported by the US State Department reads.
Yale's analysis shows that at least 19,500 Ukrainian children have already been brought to Russia since the start of the war in February 2022. The researchers were able to identify 314 children aged between 2 and 17 who were forcibly placed with a Russian family. The children are mainly from the Russian-occupied provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, and are part of Putin's ‘Russification strategy’. The deportation programme was funded by the Kremlin, reports Yale University.
The research shows that Putin himself was personally involved. At least two groups of abducted Ukrainian children were allegedly transported on planes operated by the Russian president.
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