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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Thousands of Ukrainian children forcefully taken to Belarus via Russia, study finds

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Thousands of children from Ukraine aged between six and 17 years old have been forcefully transferred to 13 facilities across Belarus since Russia's invasion last year, a study by Yale University has found.

The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health found that the transfer of 2,442 children was "directly overseen" by Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko – a key ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin.

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