When we see news about the meeting in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, we should think about a specific group of innocent young people who could be strongly affected by appeasing the Russian dictator and global bully.

Namely, there are as many as 20,000 Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory who have been seized by Moscow into an elaborate system of relocation to Russia and so-called “re-education” there. As confirmed by independent international human rights organisations, these children have been forcibly separated from their families, language, culture and communities, and are now being artificially assimilated and brainwashed.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet in Alaska on Friday, US-time.Credit: Michael Howard

In fact, while Putin is guilty of many atrocities, such as bombing Ukrainian schools, hospitals and residential suburbs, the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children is the only war crime that he has been formally charged with by the

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