This week, ABC’s Foreign Correspondent investigates the race to rescue Ukrainian children taken by Russia since the war began.
Reporter Kathryn Diss embeds with an undercover rescue network working to recover children abducted from orphanages, summer camps and care homes, while speaking with Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska about the ongoing threat facing children in occupied territories.
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Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been stolen by Russia since the war began almost five years ago. They’ve been abducted from orphanages, summer camps and care homes often ending up on Russian adoption websites.
Now children living with their families in the occupied territories are also at risk of being conscripted into the Russian military to fight against fellow Ukrainians.
On Foreign Correspondent reporter Kathryn Diss embeds with the undercover rescue network working in a race against time to save Ukraine’s kids.
She also interviews Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska who says the world needs to take action to stop Russia’s illegal actions against her country’s children.
