00:01The EU's diplomatic service presented on Wednesday additional listings targeting 27 Russian individuals and entities involved in the forced deportation
00:12and indoctrination of Ukrainian children.
00:14It is not the first time Brussels has targeted those responsible for Russia's illegal mass abduction, deportation and re-education
00:23of minors from Ukraine's occupied territories. Several individual listings have already featured in previous sanctions packages.
00:31Ukraine has verified the deportation of more than 20,500 children to Russia to date. Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab estimates
00:41the number may be closer to 35,000, while Moscow has openly suggested it could be as high as 700
00:50,000.
00:50Euronews reported earlier that Russia installed occupation authorities in Ukraine's regions, created an online catalogue of Ukrainian children, offering them
01:01for coerced adoption through the Education Department.
01:05The minors are reportedly sorted and categorized so users can filter them by age, gender and physical characteristics, such as
01:14eye and hair color.
01:15It can take years to return one child from Russia after abduction, from the beginning of the identification, until the
01:23return takes place.
01:24Spring and children.
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