Olesia Bida

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War Crimes Investigations Unit Reporter

Olesia Bida is a reporter with the War Crimes Team of the Kyiv Independent. She used to work as a journalist at Hromadske, an independent Ukrainian media outlet, where she focused on topics of human rights violations, gender equality, and sensitive topics. Olesia got her Master’s degree in the School of Journalism at the Ukrainian Catholic University.

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Investigations

Stolen generation. Russia systematically abducts children from Ukraine, gives them to Russian families

by Olesia Bida July 21, 2023

Editor's Note: The story is based on the documentary Uprooted, published by the Kyiv Independent's War Crimes Investigation Unit. Russia is systematically deporting Ukrainian children from the occupied part of Ukraine against their will – which constitutes genocide according to one of the five definitions given in the United Nations' Genocide

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UPROOTED | An investigation into Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children

by Olesia Bida, Vitalii Havura July 21, 2023

The Kyiv Independent's War Crimes Investigation Unit established the names of Russian-controlled officials who took part in the abduction and followed the paths of families who risked their lives to bring their children back.

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UPROOTED | An investigation into Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children

by Olesia Bida July 18, 2023

Olesia Bida

Articles

Stolen generation. Russia systematically abducts children from Ukraine, gives them to Russian families

UPROOTED | An investigation into Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children

UPROOTED | An investigation into Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children

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