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Stolen Ukrainian children are being put up for adoption in Russia on websites that have received funding from Vladimir Putin, according to a landmark report.

(12 Posts)
Wyllow3 Tue 03-Dec-24 18:40:26

No "peace deals" without the return of the children.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Tue 03-Dec-24 18:36:58

Distraught parents.

Delila Tue 03-Dec-24 18:28:56

Poor children.

petra Tue 03-Dec-24 17:43:11

Aveline

Bastards!!

Evil bastards 😡

Fleurpepper Tue 03-Dec-24 17:38:59

Just no words.

GrannyGravy13 Tue 03-Dec-24 16:58:51

I know what I think of Putin and his way of governing but do not want to be banned from GN

I will keep my thoughts and opinions to myself!

Allira Tue 03-Dec-24 16:48:54

Just shocking.
Pure evil.

Reminiscent of Lebensborn
warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/hitlers-lebensborn-children-kidnappings-in-german-occupied-poland/

pascal30 Tue 03-Dec-24 16:28:12

Putin is certainly determined to replace his cannon fodder.. What a wicked man..

Aveline Tue 03-Dec-24 16:16:17

Bastards!!

Wyllow3 Tue 03-Dec-24 15:27:20

Part of the reason Putin has been accused by the ICC of war crimes, the Yale report summarises very effectively indeed what's been emerging for some time.

FT in June www.ft.com/content/2d0013d2-a407-449f-b1e2-3d14fe65188f

"The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova, saying they bear criminal responsibility for the war crime of unlawful deportation of the children".

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Tue 03-Dec-24 15:16:21

“They were brought to “midpoint” accommodation centres in Russia, after which they were either placed with a Russian family or in re-education camps before being naturalised as Russian citizens.

With new Russian identities, often including fake names, back stories, videos and pictures, the children are then placed on state-backed adoption databases.”

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Tue 03-Dec-24 15:15:06

What could possibly go wrong?
A heinous war crime too in my opinion.

From the Telegraph:
“Yale’s research – which was completed over 20 months of almost three years of war – outlines Russia’s seven-point programme of coerced adoption and fostering.

It identified 314 children who have been forcibly placed in the programme since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.”