Posted on Aug 10, 2022
Ukraine accuses Moscow of "kidnapping" children amid ongoing war
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As the war in Ukraine grinds on the government in Kyiv is accusing Russia of kidnapping thousands of children and taking them into Russian-controlled territory. Ukraine says Russia is trying to force the children to become Russian, but as CBS News correspondent Chris Livesay found out, there are people working to rescue the kids and bring them home.
He met Maxim and Ivan in a dorm room with a Ukrainian flag hung proudly on the wall. They were listening to Ukrainian music and wearing traditional Ukrainian clothing, but the two boys were almost forced to become Russian.
"Russian forces took us away," 16-year-old Ivan told Livesay.
He met Maxim and Ivan in a dorm room with a Ukrainian flag hung proudly on the wall. They were listening to Ukrainian music and wearing traditional Ukrainian clothing, but the two boys were almost forced to become Russian.
"Russian forces took us away," 16-year-old Ivan told Livesay.
Ukraine accuses Moscow of "kidnapping" children amid ongoing war
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."After more than two months in captivity the boys are back in Ukraine, safe in the western city of Khmelnytskyi. CBS News watched as Ivan messaged his friend Filip, another abducted Ukrainian orphan, but one who has not yet been rescued.
He's been sent to an orphanage in Moscow.
Ivan asked his friend if he still wanted to come home to Ukraine.
"It's all the same," Filip responded.
Like so many Ukrainian children, he has no one left to come home to."
..."After more than two months in captivity the boys are back in Ukraine, safe in the western city of Khmelnytskyi. CBS News watched as Ivan messaged his friend Filip, another abducted Ukrainian orphan, but one who has not yet been rescued.
He's been sent to an orphanage in Moscow.
Ivan asked his friend if he still wanted to come home to Ukraine.
"It's all the same," Filip responded.
Like so many Ukrainian children, he has no one left to come home to."
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