International: Russia’s reported abduction of Ukrainian children echoes other genocidal policies, including US history of kidnapping Native American children (Commentary)
Conversation – May 16, 2022
Allegations have emerged recently that Ukrainian children are being forcibly removed from their country by Russia. Once there, they are put up for adoption. These tactics are horrific, but far from rare. There is a long history of military aggressors forcibly transferring enemy children from their home countries as a means of sowing chaos and terror and weakening resistance. In the U.S., the government conducted child abductions to quell the military resistance of America’s Indigenous peoples and prevent future opposition. If Russia is forcibly adopting Ukrainian children, then, as U.S. history painfully demonstrates, the trauma of these abductions may span generations.
https://theconversation.com/russias-reported-abduction-of-ukrainian-children-echoes-other-genocidal-policies-including-us-history-of-kidnapping-native-american-children-181451