Wisconsin has become the first state in the nation to introduce a resolution formally condemning Russia’s abduction and forced deportation of Ukrainian children, marking what advocates called a moral and historic stand for human rights.

The joint resolution, announced on October 16 at the Wisconsin State Capitol, denounces what lawmakers and humanitarian groups describe as a deliberate campaign of cultural erasure carried out through the mass transfer of children from occupied Ukrainian territories to Russia and Russian-controlled regions.

The initiative was led by Nova Ukraine, a California-based nonprofit that provides humanitarian aid and awareness programs, in partnership with Wisconsin Ukrainians Inc., a Milwaukee-area organization supporting the state’s growing Ukrainian community.

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