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Tears and catharsis as Kyiv premieres opera about Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

First lady and affected families in audience for highly charged performance of excerpts of Mothers of Kherson

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10

How Russia is grooming Ukraine’s children to fight for it: ‘I understood it wasn’t just play’

Abducted children and those from occupied territories are turning up in Russia’s military-style training camps, with fears that some are already on the frontline

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025

Ukrainian children forced into weapons training and tortured by Russia

A new report has found 55% were subjected to pro-Russian indoctrination and 10% subjected to torture and cruel treatment

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2025

Ukraine’s Stolen Children review – the laughter of the Russian children’s commissioner is shocking

This calm, vivid documentary looks at the thousands of youngsters missing amidst the invasion – and their families’ search. Be warned: the Russian response may cause outrage

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023

Ukrainian woman trying to reach godson detained in Russia and deported to Belarus

Olga Guruli was heading to occupied Kherson province to arrange repatriation of boy and his brother

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: two killed in Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia; Pope prays for peace – as it happened

Man and his young daughter killed after forces strike residential building in the south-eastern city; Francis references war in Easter message

The Guardian - AU · Apr 9, 2023

Ukraine children returned from Russia after alleged deportation

Dozens of children reunited with families in Ukraine after being deported to Russia from occupied areas, charity says.

Al Jazeera · Apr 8, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war – as it happened: Ukraine to boost defences along border with Belarus

Lt Gen Serhiy Nayev, commander of Ukraine’s joint armed forces, announced the decision on social media

The Guardian - AU · Apr 8, 2023

'It was heartbreaking' - Ukraine children back home after alleged deportation

More than 30 children were reunited with their families in Ukraine this weekend after a long operation to bring them back home from Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea, where they had been taken from areas occupied by Russian forces during the war.

Reuters · Apr 8, 2023

Rescued Ukrainian children recount horrors of Russia deportation and ‘torture’

‘Mom, I do not want to tell you about it, you wouldn’t sleep at night’

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023