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FILE - Ukrainian children play at an abandoned checkpoint in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022.

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Video. Russian troops forced teens to clean torture cells, ex-prisoner says

Updated: 24/02/2026 - 9:49 GMT+1

Russia has forcefully deported at least 20,000 Ukrainian children since the beginning of its full-scale invasion. Kyiv managed to bring back 2,000 minors. In some cases, returns took years.

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