Russia Running A Network Of "Brainwashing" Camps For Ukrainian Children, A New Report Finds
Russia has subjected Ukrainian children to forced ‘re-education’ in more than 200 facilities in Russia and Russia-occupied Ukraine since the war began in February 2022, according to a new report from the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab published Tuesday.
The network of facilities, which include 210 schools, camps, military academies, and schools, are in clear violation of international law.
THE RESEARCHERS SPEAK OUT
"What we’re seeing is an industrialized network of re-education, aka brainwashing to turn Ukrainian children into Russians and, in some cases, to turn certain Ukrainian children into soldiers," said Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Yale research lab.
The report says that some children were held at camps and returned home, but others were kept indefinitely and placed with Russian families who formally adopted them. The report is based on publicly available data and satellite images.
TRACKING THE MISSING CHILDREN
The Ukrainian "Bring Kids Back" program, run by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, says more than 19,500 Ukrainian children have been abducted since Russia's invasion began. The research lab says that number could be as high as 35,000.
The Kremlin has previously denied the allegations.
Latest on the war: President Trump discussed the war in Ukraine during a press conference Thursday with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer — where they showed a united front. Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin “let me down,” but did not indicate any plans to revive ceasefire talks.
