By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Russian presidential aircraft and funds were used in a program that took children from occupied Ukrainian territories, stripped them of Ukrainian identity and placed them with Russian families,

Russia's president and senior Kremlin officials financed and facilitated the transport of at least 314 Ukrainian children into "coerced" foster care and adoptions, a new Yale University report says.

According to the Yale University report, the Kremlin’s aircraft and funds were used to remove children from Ukraine to Russia.

Russian presidential planes and funds were reportedly involved in a program that moved children from occupied Ukrainian territories, stripped them of their Ukrainian identity, and placed them in Russian families,

In the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, reports of forced child deportations have drawn sharp international criticism, raising troubling questions about human rights and justice. A recent study by Yale School of Public Health,

The report alleges that Ukrainian children brought to Russia had been subjected to "pro-state and militarized propaganda."

US-backed research has alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s presidential plane has been involved in deporting Ukrainian children to Russia. The US State Department-backed research was published on Tuesday,