Recent investigations, including a comprehensive study by Yale University, highlight the involvement of the Russian government under President Putin in the forced deportation and adoption of Ukrainian children. Research has uncovered evidence that Putin-controlled aircraft were used in a systemic program to relocate and Russify hundreds of Ukrainian orphans. The study revealed that approximately 314 Ukrainian children have been forcibly adopted by Russian families, with additional reports indicating that more than 300 children were declared stolen. Yale researchers hacked a Russian adoption database, tracing 148 orphans back to their origins in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky has condemned these actions, calling for accountability for those responsible for this humanitarian crisis.