Using open-source intelligence, news reports and Russian government documents, as well as satellite imagery, the Yale report identified 210 different locations.
From: NBC NEWS By Gabe Joselow
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 violation of international law, according to new research.
Eight different types of facilities, ranging from summer camps to religious sites to military academies stretching across the entire expanse of Russia, have been identified in the report from the Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab published Tuesday.
The study was initiated at Ukraine’s request to better understand the full size of the network of facilities where children are held, to help them eventually return to their homeland, Nathaniel Raymond, the executive director of the research lab, said in a telephone interview Sunday.
“It’s really important that all the people involved in different ways to bring the kids back have the most accurate geospatial information possible, and this is it,” he said.
Using open-source intelligence, news reports and Russian government documents, as well as satellite imagery, the Yale report identified 210 different locations where children are taken. Some are brought to locations temporarily, while others are given Russian citizenship and coerced into forced adoption, the report says.
At most sites, children go through “re-education” programs to enforce Russian patriotism, including lectures in Russian history and singing the national anthem, it adds.
Others, particularly older children, have received military training at cadet academies and a military base, including “drone control and tactics training,” and haveparticipated in shooting and grenade-throwing competitions, according to the report.
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