For those only now discovering Oleshky on the map of Ukraine: don’t Don’t forget the mothers whose children were abducted by Russia in 2022. They are still waiting for their children to come home. 🇺🇦 Russian forces took 84 children and adults with disabilities from the Oleshky Specialized Children’s home . Thirteen returned. Six died. These children were not accidentally caught on a battlefield. They were taken from their residence, subjected to abuse, and separated from their relatives without communication or information about where they were being taken. For three years, @emile_fondation has worked with relatives to trace them. Of the 69 residents we set out to find, we located 46. We submitted humanitarian requests to Russian and Ukrainian authorities, including seven completed case files seeking their return. Yet finding them has not been enough to bring them home. Almost five years into the full-scale invasion, are we seriously talking about peace without their return? Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children is documented. There is no evidence of a comparable Ukrainian campaign to abduct Russian children. Listen to the mothers who travelled from Kyiv to Washington, DC. Hear what they have endured trying to bring their children home. When you see and hear these mothers, you will understand that there is absolutely nothing to celebrate until every child is reunited with their mother. @anneapplebaum @ZelenskyyUa @ZarinaZabrisky @FLOTUS @VaticanNews @MarcBeckman