By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Russian presidential aircraft and funds were used in a program that took children from occupied Ukrainian territories, stripped them of Ukrainian identity and placed them with Russian families,

Yale researchers traced hundreds of children taken to Russia in the war, finding what they described as “a higher level of crime than first understood.”

According to the Yale University report, the Kremlin’s aircraft and funds were used to remove children from Ukraine to Russia.

Russian presidential aircraft and funds were used in a program that took children from occupied Ukrainian territories, stripped them of Ukrainian identity and placed them with Russian families, according to a report by Yale's School of Public Health.

Russian presidential planes and funds were used in a program that transported children from occupied Ukrainian territories, stripping them of their Ukrainian identity, and placing them with Russian families,

A new study by the renowned US university Yale shows that Russian President Vladimir Putin helped organise the abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children. ‘Putin and Kremlin officials wilfully approved the programme and tried to hide its extent,

The Yale University School of Public Health has published a report claiming that Russian ruler Vladimir Putin's jets and funds were used in a "programme that took children from occupied Ukrainian territories,