ISW: Putin confirms Russia is the use of different social schemes to justify transfer of Ukrainian kids to Russia

 

In his annual New yr's speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Russians for their efforts to send children from occupied Ukrainian territory on “vacations,” the Institute for the look at of war stated in its recent update. 

ISW has previously mentioned times of Russian officials using the guise of “holidays” and vacation schemes to justify the transfer of Ukrainian kids to Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea.