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UK Sanctions Russians Over Deportation and Militarisation of Ukrainian Children

An intelligence update says some abducted teens are routed from re-education camps to military training depots.

Overview

  • Britain designated 11 targets, naming eight individuals and three organisations alleged to run or support transfers and indoctrination programs.
  • Those listed include the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation and its president Aymani Kadyrova, youth groups Movement of the First and Volunteers of Victory, and officials linked to Tatarstan and Chechnya.
  • The measures impose asset freezes and travel bans on the sanctioned parties.
  • UK assessments cite more than 19,500 children forcibly taken to Russia or occupied territory, with some open-source estimates reaching 35,000, and about 6,000 placed in re-education camps.
  • The International Criminal Court has outstanding warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova over child abductions, while Russia rejects the allegations and describes relocations as humanitarian.