Editing Forced assimilation (section)

==== Russia ====
As part of the ongoing [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] the Russian government forcibly relocated thousands of Ukrainian children to [[Russia]] and adopted them out to Russian families,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-13 |title=How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians |url=https://apnews.com/article/ukrainian-children-russia-7493cb22c9086c6293c1ac7986d85ef6 |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref> a process that is in violation of the forced assimilation prohibition of the [[Genocide Convention]]. On March 17, 2023, the [[International Criminal Court]] issued arrest warrants for Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] and Russian Children's Rights Commissioner [[Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova]] for their roles in this alleged war crime.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Borger |first1=Julian |last2=Sauer |first2=Pjotr |date=2023-03-17 |title=ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/17/vladimir-putin-arrest-warrant-ukraine-war-crimes |access-date=2023-03-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>