Most of the children mentioned in the report, like these orphans at a camp in southern Russia, are from Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. The deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia constitutes a crime against humanity and a ...

Each year on June 1, Russia marks Children’s Day, a day dedicated to protecting minors’ rights. To mark the date this year, rights advocates and researchers are drawing renewed attention to the mounting political indoctrination and criminal prosecution of children amid the Kremlin’s wartime crackdown on dissent.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had “devastating” consequences for children in residential institutions with thousands transferred to occupied territories or into Russia, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). In the report released on Monday, the ...

MOSCOW, June 30 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Russia had evacuated children from orphanages in war zones in Ukraine. The International Criminal Court (ICC) in March issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir ...

People walk past a heavily damaged children's clinic following recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on March 9, 2026. [AFP] Moscow's deportation and forcible transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia amounts to a crime against humanity ...

The United Nations has accused Russia of deporting Ukrainian children during the war, claimed by investigators to be widespread and violations of international law. The U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine concluded that ...