A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pushing to brand Russia — and Belarus — as state sponsors of terrorism unless they return thousands of abducted Ukrainian children.

The legislation, unveiled on Capitol Hill, would place Moscow in the same category as Iran, Syria, North Korea and Cuba — the "worst of the worst" list of governments accused of supporting terrorism.

The move comes against the backdrop of one of the darkest chapters of the war between Russia and Ukraine: the mass kidnapping of children. Ukrainian officials and international watchdogs say Russia has abducted nearly 20,000 children, taking some from orphanages in occupied territory and sending others into Russia for adoption or indoctrination.

Scripps News was the first to report on the stolen babies of Kherson in 2022 a

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