Russia indoctrinating Ukrainian children in occupied zones

About 1.6 million Ukrainian children are growing up under Russian occupation, where authorities have rolled out indoctrination programs and military training.

Oct 22, 2026

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Russia indoctrinating Ukrainian children in occupied zones

About 1.6 million Ukrainian children are growing up under Russian occupation, where authorities have rolled out indoctrination programs and military training.

In brief

About 1.6 million Ukrainian children are growing up under Russian occupation, where authorities have rolled out indoctrination programs and military training. Russia is systematically indoctrinating Ukrainian children in occupied territories through re-education programs and military training, with the UN concluding…

Trapped in Kherson when Russia invaded

Anastasiia was fifteen and living in a foster home in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson when Russian tanks crossed the border in February twenty twenty-two.

“We were stopped at a checkpoint. They told us we were dangerous to their state.”

Enrolled in re-education and offered Moscow study

After her capture, Anastasiia was enrolled in a college where she says she was exposed to Russian re-education and indoctrination.

Moved between foster families and physically harmed

Steve Witkoff, left, is speaking and pointing his right finger, as he meets Vladimir Putin.

Anastasiia was shunted between Russian foster families in occupied Ukraine.At the second home, she says she was physically harmed.

“They beat me there. They humiliated me and told me my mother wouldn't take me back from occupied territory.”

One point six million children under occupation

About one point six million Ukrainian children are estimated to be growing up under occupation, where newly installed Russian occupation authorities have rolled out indoctrination programs and military training.

ICC issues arrest warrants for Putin and Lvova Belova

Ukrainian human rights lawyer Kateryna Rashevska is gathering evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity from those who lived under Russian control.

The key point

Russia is systematically indoctrinating Ukrainian children in occupied territories through re-education programs and military training, with the UN concluding in twenty twenty-five that this constitutes crimes against humanity.

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