By the Numbers: Ukraine’s Stolen Children Crisis in 2026

Numbers strip away excuses. Here is the crisis, quantified.

The Scale

~20,000: Ukrainian children documented as forcibly deported or transferred by Russia since February 2022.

260,000-300,000: Estimated true number, per Ukraine’s 5 AM Coalition.

700,000: Number Russia’s own commissioner claimed were “relocated.”

1,205: Cases independently verified by the UN Commission of Inquiry from five Ukrainian regions.

8,400+: Individual children identified by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab.

210+: Facilities across Russia and occupied territories where children are held.

2,219: Children taken to Belarus for “re-education.”

2: Children sent to a camp in North Korea.

The Response

~2,000: Children returned to Ukraine through various channels as of early 2026.

1,026: Children directly rescued by Save Ukraine through extraction missions.

$3,383: Cost per rescue mission.

37: Nations in the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children.

$25 million: U.S. State Department funding committed in March 2026.

390-9: U.S. House vote condemning Russia’s child abductions (2024).

516-3: European Parliament vote calling the deportations “genocidal” (2025).

The Legal Record

March 2023: ICC arrest warrants for Putin and Lvova-Belova.

May 2025: European Parliament resolution demanding Russia disclose all children’s identities and locations.

June 2025: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Rapporteur report calling for urgent action.

March 2026: UN Commission of Inquiry classifies deportations as crimes against humanity.

The Math That Matters

20,000 documented children. 1,026 rescued. $3,383 per rescue. That means bringing home every documented child would cost approximately $64 million: less than the price of a single F-35 fighter jet.

The U.S. has committed $25 million. The gap is $39 million. That gap is where your donation lives.

Close the gap at WeAreAllUkrainiansUSA.org