Kidnapped children of Ukraine still missing after two years of Putin’s invasion

As Vladimir Putin continues to attack Ukraine for the 2nd year, families have little hope of getting their kidnapped children back soon.

At least 20,000 kids were taken from their homes and brought to other countries where they were hurt, starved, and kept away from their families.

Russia has been accused of taking a lot of children from their families, and people think that the actual number is even bigger.

Maria Lvova-Belova, who works for the Russian government, said proudly that the state has moved 300,000 Ukrainian children from their destroyed homes.

Putin’s forces even attacked orphanages, so now many children are being brainwashed by the Russians without anyone looking for them.

“It will take many years and continue for generations,” said Wayne Jordash, a top prosecutor for war crimes, to Metro.

Mr Jordash spends his time listening to parents who lost their children to Putin’s forces.

He said the stories he hears are really terrible and will always be in his memory.

He said that it’s hard to forget when a parent talks about their missing child.

But the saddest part is when the parents are no longer alive to tell Mr. Jordash about their children on their own.

“I talked to the neighbors to find out what happened to the children who may have been taken to Russia because their parents died in a missile attack,” he said.

‘Sometimes grown-ups talk about their sadness, fear, and worry in a way that is even more surprising than how kids talk about it. ‘

We are still learning about what is happening to children, but it is clear that they are being made to have a military-style education to make them stop feeling at home.

Kids have said they can’t get things they need, and only older kids can tell people what’s going on at home.

The International Criminal Court said that Russia tried to make the children learn new things and threatened to hurt them if they didn’t.

A teenager was told that he would be taken to a boarding school where he would learn and understand everything.

We were sitting in the hall when someone yelled, “Glory to Ukraine. ” Then they were removed from the hall. I don’t know what happened to him.

One mom, Inesda Vertosh, said her son doesn’t want to talk about his time in the camp yet.

“He looks at me and says, ‘Mom, I don’t want to tell you because it would keep you up at night. ‘”

“We are hearing that the kidnapped children are being treated badly. They don’t have enough food, medical care, or love. They know that their families in Ukraine miss them. ”

‘These kids have been very hurt mentally and are scared they won’t see their families again. ‘

Only 300 children who were taken have come back, and it doesn’t seem like more will come back.

In March, the International Criminal Court put out warrants for Putin and Lvova-Belova for moving children unlawfully.

This is the first time a court has issued an arrest warrant for the leader of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, but bringing them back home is taking a long time.

Many people have forgotten about the children who were taken from their parents. This is one reason why the problem still exists.

Mr Jordash said that the media is not giving enough attention to the terrible crimes and it doesn’t seem like they are treating it with the horror it deserves.

‘There are many bad crimes happening, and people are losing interest because the news is always on. ‘

It’s really important to understand how children can be brainwashed and treated badly by invading forces, especially now with the threat of World War Three hanging over Europe.

In 2017, a report showed that 1,600 children were taken and made to fight by a group called Al-Shabaab in Somalia.

In the early 2000s in northern Uganda, the Lord’s Resistance Army kidnapped children and sexually assaulted them.

Mr Jordash said that taking children is not only happening in Ukraine. Many times in wars during colonial times, we have seen the same thing happen again and again, and it’s dangerous for us.

The Ukrainians are going through a tough time because they are facing the same crimes and horrors. The US Congress is delaying military aid to help them.