Ukraine’s children are “losing the will to live” – the country’s first lady has warned – in an emotional plea for help over the struggle to retrieve tens of thousands of children disappeared into Russia.
In an exclusive interview for Independent TV from the heavily-guarded presidential office in Kyiv, Olena Zelenska said the Ukrainian authorities will soon be launching a new initiative with international partners to try to find and return at least 19,500 children they believe have been abducted into Russian territory.
