Bring Kids Back UA
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Ukraine charges Saldo and two others over alleged forced transfer of students to Crimea
Ukrainian authorities have notified Volodymyr Saldo and two accomplices in absentia of suspicion over the illegal transfer of three minor pupils from Kherson to occupied Crimea in October 2022. The SBU and the Prosecutor General's Office classify the alleged actions as a war crime and say they violated the Fourth Geneva Convention's ban on forced displacement.
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Eleven children, including an infant, returned from Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast to Ukraine-controlled territory
Eleven children aged from 1 year and 4 months to 17 were returned from the Russian-occupied part of Kherson Oblast to Ukrainian-controlled territory, the head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, said. The operation was carried out with the charity Save Ukraine under the presidential Bring Kids Back UA initiative. Among those brought back, several said they had been subjected to militarization and intimidation in occupation schools.
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Trump signs Graham Act, codifying US sanctions for forced deportation of Ukrainian children
US President Donald Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334) on 18 September, putting into statute for the first time sanctions grounds for the forced deportation of Ukrainian children. The law also authorizes sweeping tariffs on Russian energy buyers and direct Russian imports, and bans new US investments in Russia.