Destroy Identity and Break Resistance: How and Why Totalitarian Regimes Kidnapped and Deported Ukrainian Children

Photo: Personal archive (Delfi)

This in-depth article examines the historical and modern-day parallels of child deportation, drawing on Russia’s current policy of abducting Ukrainian children during the war. It explains how such actions aim to erase national identity and suppress resistance by targeting the most vulnerable. The piece analyses how indoctrination, forced adoption, and legal manipulation are used to reprogramme Ukrainian children as loyal Russian citizens, echoing practices of totalitarian regimes of the past.

Read the full article in Delfi (Lithuania) here.