The article notes that these are just three kids who made it back while thousands if not tens of thousands remain in Russia: imprisoned, indoctrinated, adopted Source: https://
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Thousands of Ukrainian Children Remain Deported in Russia
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Russians detained Ukrainian children, threaten helpers
The WP goes on to give some details how kids make it back to Ukraine, but they are scarce because of security concerns. Russians kept them in Russia against their will and threatens to prosecute anyone who helped them 17/
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Civilian Medical Crisis Under Occupation: Insulin Shortage
Berezhnyi, who is diabetic, said he ran out of insulin and was hospitalized for weeks against his will. 16/
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Ukrainian Prisoners Tortured in Crimea Camp
Similar scenes unfolded at the camp where Berezhnyi and Lavrov were stuck in Crimea. Lavrov spent around nine days total in solitary confinement as punishment, including for not singing the Russian national anthem 15/
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Girls stranded at camp awaiting Ukrainian troops’ advance
But weeks passed and the girls were still stranded at the camp, glued to their phones to follow reports that Ukrainian troops were advancing on their hometown. 14/
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Ukrainian children deported on October 14, 2022
On Oct. 14, 2022, the three girls boarded a train with hundreds of other children, roughly 6 to 18 years old, thinking they would be gone for 10 days, Diana said. Others on board said they heard it would be three weeks. 12/
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Ukrainian girl resists forced Russian camp enrollment
When Russian soldiers bothered her on the street, she occasionally talked back. So when her school director pressured her and her two best friends, Sonya and Masha, to attend camp in Russia for 10 days last October, she initially refused. 9/
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Diana’s resistance under Russian occupation in Kherson
Diana: Diana, who is now 16, was in eighth grade and living with her grandparents when Russian troops seized Kherson. For seven months, she found her own ways to rebel against Russian occupation. 7/
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Child Forced to Crimea Camp Under Russian Occupation
A local collaborator working with Russia and three armed Russian soldiers came to his door and told him he needed to move to Kherson city to enroll in school. Soon after, the school where they sent him forced him to the Crimean camp. 6/
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Ukrainian Children Deported from Occupied Kherson to Crimea
Fearing repercussions, Berezhnyi agreed to go — traveling by boat and bus with other children from Russian-occupied Kherson into Crimea. Some 600 other kids, including some as young as seven years old, were also enrolled at the camp 4/