Stolen Ukrainian children are being put up for adoption in Russia on websites that have received funding from Vladimir Putin, according to a landmark report.

The study by Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab details the Russian president’s direct involvement in the deportation, re-education and forced adoption of hundreds of Ukrainian children.

It could result in further charges against Putin for war crimes or crimes against humanity, or support a wider case of genocide.

He has already been hit with an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court for lesser charges.

Yale’s research – which was completed over 20 months of almost three years of war – outlines Russia’s seven-point programme of coerced adoption and fostering.  

It identified 314 children who have been forcibly placed in the programme since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.