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 extent of the re-education Network Has Become clear. The Researchers suspect there are more camps.
Russia Has Been Kidnapping Ukrainian Children Since the 2022 Invasion and Placing Them in Re-Education Camps. Moscow is trying to rid them of their ukrainian identity and impose russian culture on them, in other words, to russify them. Some also Receive Military Training. Experts Previously Spoke of Ethnic Cleansing to NU.nl.
Now it appears That Are At Least 130 Re-Education Camps, The Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) of the American Yale University Concludes 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, The Young Ukrainians Receive 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 Managed 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 away from ukraine, as can be on the map below.
Moscow Probable Building More Camps
At Almost a Quarter of the Locations There Are Indications That The Complexes Are Expanding. In Addition, at Least Two New Camps Are Under Construction. This could indicate that moscow is preparation to house more children.
“It is an unprecedented network of facilities, special build and expanded since 2014, to shape ukrainian children into Russians,” HRL director Nathaniel Raymond Tells the Guardian . “Ukrainian children are Being reeducated and brainwashed and trained to be soldiers.”
Andriy Yermak, Chief of Staff of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zensky, Says the Yale Report “Is Irrefutable Evidence That Russian Denials and Disinformation.” Yermak Believes that the report “Calls for Action.”
It is unclear how many children have leg kidnapped. Accordance to the HRL, This Involves 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 usultally happened after mediation by a third state, such as Qatar, South Africa and the Vatican.
In 2023, The International Criminal Court in the Hague Issued an judgment Warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Kidnapping and Deportation of Ukrainian Children. Russia Denies The Allegations and Claims That “The Children Have Been Relocated for Their Safety.”