Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin has encouraged 'cadet' programs at schools in the country ...

[LAUREN KEENAN] IT WAS QUITE AN ADVENTURE FOR A GROUP OF RUSSIAN CHILDREN - AGED 8-17 - TAKING PART IN A MILITARY TRAINING CAMP EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE KIDS AND TEENS WERE SUPERVISED BY SOLDIERS AS ...

Ukrainian children have been taken to over 200 different facilities across Russia, including locations where they have been subjected to forced “re-education” and military training in a clear ...

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, ...

Ukraine's intelligence reports that Russia is openly involving children in military training, integrating drone operation into educational programs.

Imagine that your child has been kidnapped and taken far away. That child is scared, and you can offer no comfort. You don’t know if your child is being tortured, abused or militarized, but you know ...

Since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainian children have been transported to at least 210 facilities inside Russia and Russian-occupied regions, according to a new report ...

Dec. 3 (UPI) --Russia is engaged in genocide by abducting Ukrainian children and forcing them to adopt Russian culture, several U.S. senators said and heard during a hearing on Wednesday. The Senate ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Feb. 24, 2022, Russian tanks crossed ...

On Friday at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV met with U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, and a delegation of Ukrainian mothers, wives, and teenagers forcibly taken to Russia during the war. The group ...

New testimony presented to the U.S. Senate has revealed that Russia has transferred abducted Ukrainian children not only into its own territory but as far as North Korea. The finding adds a new layer ...

Last winter, a Ukrainian mother received the call she had been waiting for: her daughter, taken across the border to Russia months earlier, was finally coming home. When they embraced, the girl hugged ...