"Massive Transfer of Ukrainian Children to Russia Revealed Amidst War"

Russia has reportedly "received" over 700,000 Ukrainian children since launching its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to Russia's presidential commissioner for children's rights. The majority of these children arrived in Russia with their parents or relatives, while 1,500 orphans were evacuated from the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, with 380 being adopted by Russian parents. The report does not mention orphans from other Ukrainian territories, but it states that 52 orphans from the Russian-occupied Kherson region were temporarily transported to annexed Crimea. The forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children by Russia is considered a war crime by a UN-backed investigation, and both the children's rights commissioner and President Vladimir Putin are under an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children.