The war in Ukraine is causing tremendous and likely lasting psychological damage to generations of its young people.

One of those traumas is caused by what’s tantamount to kidnapping by the Russian government. According to a new report by the think tank GlobSec, there have been nearly 20,000 (19,546) cases of what it calls “forcibly transferred or deported children.”

These children are taken from their homes and placed in camps or with Russian families.

I’m talking with two people who are associated with the report:   

Eric Trupin is a psychologist and a professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He wrote the forward for the report, which is titled “Stolen Generations: a systemic violation of Ukraine’s Future.” 

For the last two years, Dr. Trupin also trained mental health providers in Ukraine in how to use poetry and other techniques to help young people process emotions and cope with intense trauma. 

It’s a project that was created originally as a way to help rehabilitate young incarcerated people in Seattle.

Guest:

• Eric Trupin is a psychologist and a professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine
• Iuliia Osmolovska is Head of the GLOBSEC Kyiv Office

Related stories:

• Stolen Generation a Systematic Violation of Ukraine’s Future - Globsec

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