Less than 400 of them have been returned home, according to the Children of War database.Deported children have their personal data changed so that their relatives cannot find and bring them back home, the ombudsman added."Our children are even sent to so-called 're-education camps' where they are zombified with Russian propaganda. Just imagine: our children are forced to deny their Ukrainian origin," Lubinets said.According to the Ombudsman's Office, those from children's homes in Kherson Oblast were first moved to the occupied territories and then deported to Russia. Kyiv also recorded cases of children being illegally adopted by Russian families."Russia deliberately slows down the process of returning our children," Lubinets said.In March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for their roles in the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children.The unlawful transfer or deportation of civilians to Russia violates the Fourth Geneva Convention and constitutes a war crime under international law.Ukraine names pro-Russian collaborators suspected of forcibly deporting Ukrainian childrenOne suspect was identified by the Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit in the documentary “Uprooted.