Yale University report details the Russian president’s direct involvement in the deportation, re-education and forced adoption of hundreds of Ukrainian children Stolen Ukrainian children are being put ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Russian presidential aircraft and funds were used in a program that took children from occupied Ukrainian territories, stripped them of Ukrainian identity and placed them with ...

Nearly 400 Ukrainian children have undergone an “adoption” process in Russia, according to a lead Russian official indicted on international war crimes charges for the seizure of Ukrainian children.

Russia-installed occupation authorities in Ukraine’s Luhansk region created an online “catalogue” of Ukrainian children, offering them for coerced “adoption” through the education department. The ...

In August 2025, amid Russia's war against Ukraine, social media posts accused Russia of creating an online catalog of kidnapped Ukrainian children, complete with photos, ages and personality notes, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova in Moscow, May 31. (Alexander Kazakov | Sputnik via Reuters) KYIV, Ukraine — Russia's ...

U.S. national-security adviser Jake Sullivan said the United States is aware of “new and credible reports” that Russia has listed abducted Ukrainian children on Russian adoption websites. Sullivan ...

As news of Russia’s invasion spread through Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Dr. Natalia Lukina was waiting for a taxi at her home. It was 6 a.m., and she was eager to get to work at Kherson Children’s Home, ...

"I realized that I couldn't bear loneliness and that somewhere, there was a small child who was also alone and needed a mother, a home and everything a family can offer. I can give love, and I want to ...

Elton John has changed his mind on adoption, the star told Reuters on Saturday. On a visit to Ukraine with his AIDS Foundation, Elton reportedly performed his hit "Circle of Life" for children at an ...

Russian presidential aircraft and funds were used in a program that took children from occupied Ukrainian territories, stripped them of Ukrainian identity and placed them with Russian families, ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia's president and senior Kremlin officials have financed and facilitated the transport of at least 314 Ukrainian children in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into coerced foster ...