A 14-year-old told the Times said she was taken against her will and wanted to return to Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials said thousands of children were taken by Russian forces from occupied areas of Ukraine and forcibly deported to Russian-occupied territories or Russia itself, where adoption of the children has been fast-tracked.
Anya is just one example among recent reports on Russia's efforts to adopt Ukrainian children and raise them as Russian.
Ukrainian officials as early as April said Russian forces were "forcibly deporting" kids and fast-tracking adoptions.
US officials in September said Russian authorities had overseen the deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia, adding the "efforts specifically include the forced adoption of Ukrainian children into Russian families" and "the so-called 'patriotic education' of Ukrainian children.".
US officials also said the efforts involved legislation aimed at expediting the process of granting Russian citizenship to Ukrainian kids and the "deliberate removal of Ukrainian children by Russia's forces.".
Russian forces have also been accused of committing war crimes nearly since the conflict began. »
