Putin's planes were used for the deportation of Ukrainian children, according to a report.
Aircraft and funds owned by the administration of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin have been used for the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children. This is reported by Reuters, citing a study from the Yale School of Public Health, as noted by UNN.
Details
The new report provided to Reuters contains detailed information regarding a probable deportation program and the individuals involved, including new connections to Putin, according to the lead researcher.
Nathaniel Raymond, the executive director of the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, stated that he plans to present the study's findings to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, December 4.
Raymond mentioned that the research provides evidence supporting additional charges by the ICC against Putin for the "forcible transfer" of people from one national and ethnic group to another.
He also emphasized that the report demonstrates that "the deportation of Ukrainian children is part of a systematic, Kremlin-directed program" aimed at making them citizens of Russia.
The report specifically states that between May and October 2022, the Russian Aerospace Forces and aviation directly controlled by Putin's administration transported several groups of Ukrainian children on military transport aircraft bearing the aggressor country's flag.
In May and October 2022, at least two groups of children were transported on planes operated by the President's Administration under Putin.
In particular, on September 16, 2022, children who had been illegally abducted from occupied Ukrainian territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions were brought to the Chkalovsky military airfield near Moscow. The Tu-154M aircraft of the 223rd flight squadron of the Russian Ministry of Defense was used for their transportation.
The study lasted 20 months, during which analysts tracked and identified 314 Ukrainian children deported by Russia. Of this list, 148 children were entered into Russian adoption databases, and 42 of them have already been adopted, placed in foster care, or have been assigned a Russian guardian. Another 166 children were placed in Russian families.
Reminder
Recently, Yale researchers identified hundreds of abducted children from Donetsk and Luhansk regions by Russia. 148 children are already in Russian databases, and 166 have been placed in Russian families.