Ukrainian child’s drawing of a tank from “Faces of War: The Human Factor” (2015 London photography exhibit), Author Still Miracle Photography (CC BY-SA 4.0 International)
The war in Ukraine is disproportionately impacting Ukraine’s children. At least 30,000 have been kidnapped and deported to Russia [1][2]. Fears are that the number is far higher. Russia is refusing to disclose information about these children.
This mass deportation is being called cultural genocide, a deliberate effort to destroy the Ukrainian people [3].
Russia’s goal is to brainwash and weaponize these children, who are apparently assembled in camps before deportation and pressured to submit [4].
Children are told by Russian teachers and psychologists that their families will not come for them. They are threatened that their medication will be withheld, if they do not obey. Some have even been placed for weeks in solitary confinement.
The children’s identities are erased, and false papers issued. Russian adoptions are then arranged. Continue reading
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