US State Department, Russia forcibly deported up to 1.6 million Ukrainian citizens, including 260,000 children, from their homes to Russia. The United States called on Russia to immediately release Ukrainians it has forced out of their home country and allow outside observers. The 1949 Geneva Conventions, which define international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in conflict, prohibit mass forcible transfers of civilians during a conflict to the territory of the occupying power, classifying it as a war crime. Recently, Russia allowed Ukrainians to acquire Russian citizenship. Can Russia forcefully deport Ukrainians at the same time give them Russian citizensship?

