The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 18, 2022 AP: Russia Has Seized Thousands of Ukrainian Children and Made Them Russian Citizens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ An Associated Press investigation has found thousands of Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia or Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine since the invasion. The AP reports Russian officials have frequently lied to the children that they weren't wanted by their parents, have used them for propaganda, and have given them Russian families and citizenship. .