An 18-year-old Ukrainian girl who had been taken to Russia against her will by her parents was forced to learn the Russian national anthem by heart and sing it under a scorching hot sun by Russian ...

Russia is forcing the children that it’s kidnapped from Ukraine to fight against their own country once they turn 18 as part of a direct order from President Vladimir Putin, Kyiv officials said.

As least 35,000 Ukrainian children are believed to be missing – abducted by Russian troops and forced into indoctrination programs since the start of the Kremlin’s brutal three-year invasion. The ...

A large group of Ukrainian children has been brought back to Ukraine from temporarily occupied territories. Source: Bring Kids Back UA initiative; Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of ...