The children are citizens of Ukraine, not Russia. The Russian government-sponsored deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia for adoption by Russian families is a war crime and an act of genocide under international law.
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"There is also a growing number of inquiries from our citizens concerning the adoption of children from the Donetsk and Lugansk republics and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions ... The Office of the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights has been working hard on this issue..."On February 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova.
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