WASHINGTON – It’s been more than two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Among the victims are thousands of Ukrainian children taken from their homes, and some survivors are now sharing their stories. Three of them spoke with CBN News on a recent visit to Washington to raise awareness.
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Denys, Lisa, and Rostislov of Ukraine’s Kherson region saw their lives upended.
“How did your kidnapping happen?” CBN News asked Denys in a sit-down interview with the teens.
“One day, some of my teachers came and said that all of us should be going to Crimea to the camp and then I went home, and that day in the evening, the Russian military came to my house and said that you have no choice, you are going to the camp,” Denys explained.
That camp and 42 other Russian facilities are going about indoctrinating Ukrainian children.
“They forced children to love Russia in these camps,” said Lisa. “They forced children to sing and to learn anthem and Russian songs and if you resist, if you wouldn’t do it, they could punish you, or to put you in some family, some foster family in Russia.”
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