Russia-Ukraine War: 6000+ Ukrainian Children Under Russian Custody

The Russian government has imprisoned thousands of Ukrainian children in several camps since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war almost one year ago, one study revealed.

The research reveals Moscow's attempts to transfer, re-educate, and militarily train or forcefully adopt Ukraine children, according to CNN.

The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab's Conflict Observatory, funded by the US State Department, gathered evidence of Russian crimes in the Ukraine war for the study.

The Yale research was based on satellite photos and publicly accessible reports in the Russia Ukraine war.

Yale researcher Nathaniel Raymond said the study is a "gigantic Amber alert" as it uncovers that Moscow's approach constituted a "clear violation" of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the handling of civilians during times of war.

The research discovered that more than 6,000 Ukraine children - ranging in age from just months old to 17 - had been in Russia camp at some point throughout the almost year-long Russia Ukraine war, although the precise number of children is not known, and is likely much higher than 6,000.

The report claimed the Ukrainian children comprised those with parents or evident family caregivers, those designated orphans by Russia, those who were in Ukrainian state facilities before the Ukraine war, and those whose status was ambiguous because of the Russia Ukraine war, according to Al Jazeera.

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It listed 43 sites as part of the grid, which "stretches from one end of Russia to the other." It includes Siberia, the eastern Pacific coast, and the Russian-occupied Crimea.

Raymond stated the facilities look to be used for "political re-education." He also said that facilities in Russia camp speed up the process of adoption of Ukraine children.

The study claimed that the Ukrainian children had also received firearm training, but according to Raymond, there is no proof that they were being thrown back into the Ukraine war.

Raymond claimed the youngest child in an adoption camp is 4 months old, whereas the youngest at military training camps seems to be 14. per CNBC.

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Russia, Ukraine, Human rights, Children, World