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Canada sanctions eight Russians over deported Ukrainian children as only about 2,500 of more than 20,000 have come home

Par : Yuri Zoria
11 septembre 2026 à 05:24

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Canada has sanctioned eight people over Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children and their indoctrination and militarization, Ukrinform reported on 11 September. It is the second Canadian package this year built around the removal of children from occupied areas. The measure surfaced during Ukraine's presidential visit to Canada, at a moment when Kyiv's own register counts far more children taken than brought home.

Taking children out of occupied Ukraine is the charge on which the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russia's president in 2023, and the removals feed into an occupation school system that now teaches 582,000 children a Russian curriculum. A warrant reaches one man, while the officials, camp organizers, and school directors who handle the children day to day get named only one list at a time.

Eight names, and what Ottawa says they did

Canada's foreign ministry says all eight took part, now or earlier, in unlawfully deporting and transferring Ukrainian children, and in subjecting them to indoctrination and militarization. The department published the eight names without setting out the posts they hold. Its own register dates the listing's entry into force to 4 September.

The listing is an administrative measure, not a criminal charge. In most cases, people in Canada and Canadians abroad may not deal in a listed person's property or provide them financial services. Breaking those rules is a criminal offense, investigated by the border agency and the federal police.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Canada, 10 September 2026. Photo: Zelenskyy on Telegram
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Canada's Ukraine-related listings cover more than 3,500 individuals and entities across its Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova regulations. Its separate ship list reached 731 vessels in June, listed for shadow-fleet work moving sanctioned Russian oil, gas, and arms. The previous expansion, in August, hit a manufacturer of armored vehicles.

Ukraine's presidential sanctions commissioner has placed Canada among the leaders of the past year on both the quality and the number of its sanctions decisions.

Thousands of children taken, about 2,000 home

Russia has deported or displaced 20,651 Ukrainian children since February 2022, and Ukraine has brought just over 2,000 of them home through the Bring Kids Back UA initiative. Officials believe the real figure is far higher.

Russian authorities have moved groups of Ukrainian teenagers through military-patriotic camps, occupation schools, and youth movements in occupied areas and inside Russia, and Ukraine has named the people running that work.

The sanctions came to light while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Canada for talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. 
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