Russia is trying to force Ukrainian children to become Russian, with reeducation, forcible transfers and camps

Russia is not just moving Ukrainian children. It is taking away their identities. Will the $25 million being spent by the US to locate and rehabilitate forcibly transferred children be enough?

By: Thom Reilly, Arizona State University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: August 6, 2026

Words: 1,479

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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By Thom Reilly, Arizona State University

“Crimes against humanity.”

That’s what an investigation in March 2026 called Russia’s “deportation and forcible transfer” of Ukrainian children and “their enforced disappearance.”

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine wrote that “thousands of children have been deported to the Russian Federation or transferred to occupied areas in Ukraine by Russian authorities.”

In response to the Russian actions, the U.S. State Department announced, also in March 2026, …

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