US-based think tank: Russia continues forced deportations in Ukraine

Russia continues to conduct large-scale forced deportations of Ukrainians that likely amount to a deliberate ethnic cleansing campaign, the Institute for the Study of War, a US-based think-tank, said in it its latest update.

Ukrainian civilians receive humanitarian aid in the recently recaptured city of Kupiansk, east of Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, 15 October 2022.

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The assessment also reads Russian officials have "openly admitted to placing children from occupied areas of Ukraine up for adoption with Russian families."

The report adds: "Russian authorities may additionally be engaged in a wider campaign of ethnic cleansing by depopulating Ukrainian territory through deportations and repopulating Ukrainian cities with imported Russian citizens."

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Source: PAP, https://www.understandingwar.org/