Russia HAS at Least 130 Camps Where Ukrainian Children are Being Re-Educated to Become Russian or Even Military Personnel, Accordination to New Research. This is the first time the scale of the re-education Network Has Become clear. The Researchers suspect there are more camps.
Russia Has Been Abducting Ukrainian Children Since the Invasion in 2022 and Placing Them in Re-Education Camps. Moscow is trying to rid them of their ukrainian identity and impose russian culture on them, or russify them. Some also Receive Military Training. Experts PreviOutly Spoke to NU.nl about Ethnic Cleansing.
Now it appears That Are At Least 130 Re-Education Camps, Concludes The Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) of the American University Yale in the Research Published on Tuesday. The Research Group Located 210 Locations. But for boxes, it cannot be determined with certainty that re-education programs are running.
At Least 39 Locations Provide Young Ukrainians with Military Training. Children from the age of Eight Receive Combat Training, Learn to Build Combat Drones and Practice Marching in Ceremonial Parades. At Least 106 Locations are run by the Russian Authorities.
The Camps Are Mainly Located in Western Russia and Occupied Ukraine. Some locations are Much Further Away, Such as in the Primorsky Region Border North Korea. That is more than 7,000 kilometers from Ukraine.
Moscow Probable Builds More Camps
There are Indications that the complexes are expanding at Almost a Quarter of the Locations. In Addition, at Least Two New Camps Are Under Construction. That could indicate that moscow is preparation to accommodation more children.
“It is an unprecedented network of facilities, special build and expanded Since 2014, to Turn Ukrainian children into Russians,” HRL Director Nathaniel Raymond Tells The Guardian . “Ukrainian children are Being reeducated and brainwashed and trained as soldiers.”
Andriy Yermak, Chief of Staff of Ukrainian President VolodyMyr Zensky, Says That The Yale Report “Is IrreFutable Evidence that refutes Russian Denials and Disinformation.” Yermak Believes that the report “Calls for Action.”
It is unclear how many children have leg abducted. Accordance to the HRL, this groups more than 35,000 missing children. Russia Stated Two Years ago that the country had “Saved” 700,000 children. Ukraine has verified more than 19,500 deportations, or which 1,350 children have returned. This usualy came after mediation by a third state, such as Qatar, South Africa and the Vatican.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague Issued an judgment Warrant in 2023 Against Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Abduction and Deportation of Ukrainian Children. Russia Denies The Allegations and Claims That “The Children Have Been Relocated for Their Safety.”