Moscow claims 700,000 Ukrainian conflict-zone youngsters are in Russia. Grigory Karasin, director of the Federation Council’s international committee, stated late Sunday that Russia had imported 700,000 Ukrainian children into Russia.
“In recent years, 700,000 children have found refuge with us, fleeing the bombing and shelling from the conflict areas in Ukraine,” Karasin posted on his Telegram channel.
In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine fully. Moscow says its program to smuggle Ukrainian children into Russia is to protect orphans and abandoned children in the combat zone.
Ukraine claims thousands of children were illegally deported, while the US claims thousands were forcibly removed.
Most of the migration of people and children occurred in the first few months of the war before Ukraine launched its main counteroffensive to retake eastern and southern territory in late August.
In July 2022, the US projected that Russia “forcibly deported” 260,000 children, while Ukraine’s Ministry of Integration of Occupied Territories reported 19,492 illegally deported children.
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