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After the 2014 [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|Russian annexation of Crimea]] and establishment of unrecognized [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|Russian-supported militants]] in eastern Ukraine, Russification was imposed on people in [[Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine|Russian-occupied territories]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-15|title=Rights Group: Ukrainian Language Near Banished In Donbas Schools|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-language-donbas-schools/30165052.html|access-date=2021-12-17|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|language=en}}</ref> Tensions between the two nations skyrocketed between 2021 and 2022, when the [[Russian Armed Forces]] initiated [[Prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|a large military build-up]] along its border with Ukraine. On 21 February 2022, Russia [[Address concerning the events in Ukraine|recognized]] the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] and the [[Luhansk People's Republic]], the two self-proclaimed breakaway states in Ukraine's [[Donbas]] region, controlled by pro-Russian separatists. Then on 24 February 2022, Russia [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|unleashed a full-scale invasion]] against Ukraine.
During the full-scale invasion, as many as 300,000 Ukrainian children are believed to have been [[Child abductions in the 2022Russo-Ukrainian Russian invasion of UkraineWar|abducted and forcibly resettled in remote regions of Russia]] and adopted into Russian families in order to become Russified.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://newrepublic.com/article/169344/ukraine-invasion-russia-kidnapped-war | title=Victory over Russia is the Only Way to Rescue the Kidnapped Ukrainians | magazine=The New Republic | date=7 December 2022 | last1=Klain | first1=Doug | last2=Kirsch | first2=Adam | last3=Kirsch | first3=Adam | last4=Johnston | first4=David Cay | last5=Johnston | first5=David Cay | last6=Shephard | first6=Alex | last7=Shephard | first7=Alex | last8=Thakker | first8=Prem | last9=Thakker | first9=Prem | last10=Linkins | first10=Jason | last11=Linkins | first11=Jason | last12=Strauss | first12=Daniel | last13=Strauss | first13=Daniel | last14=Shephard | first14=Alex | last15=Shephard | first15=Alex }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2022/08/05/deporting-ukrainian-children-and-russifying-them-is-jeopardizing-the-future-of-ukraine_5992568_23.html | title='Deporting Ukrainian children and "Russifying" them is jeopardizing the future of Ukraine' | newspaper=Le Monde.fr | date=5 August 2022 }}</ref> On the occupied territories, Russia has been pursuing "relentless Russification policy" by enforcing expulsion, deportations and repressions towards residents who refused to accept Russian passport, and denial of pensions and healthcare services to these residents.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-11 |title=UK Ministry of Defence Intelligence Update |url=https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1767115760466313671}}</ref> While Russian authorities spend significant resources on "reeducation" of children forcibly deported from Ukraine through a network of newly created FTs RPSP agencies (Federal Center for the Development of Teenage Socialization Programs), Russian security services at the same time perceive them as a potential threat, an untrusted and potentially disloyal element who "might start to resist". Additional resources have been assigned to surveillance and monitoring of youth on the occupied territories, assigning individuals with an "opposition score" and "destructiveness score".<ref>{{Cite web |title=‘They could start to resist’ How the Russian authorities are working to indoctrinate and digitally surveil deported Ukrainian children |url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/03/11/they-could-start-to-resist |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Meduza |language=en}}</ref>
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