[Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:]
The scariest thing was when I arrived to pick up my son. It was in the village of Lazurne, on the left bank of the city of Kherson. It was the most difficult part, because I was taken to a basement for interrogation. They were putting me through a lie detector. I was detained for 24 hours and I had no idea what was going to happen to me or whether I was going to see my son again. I didn't know whether I would be able to return or whether I would be able to see him again.
Also, it was scary when they told me that they would take me to my son. I was afraid to go and sit with them in their car, because they placed a hood on my head so I wouldn't be able to see where they were taking me. They told me to bend my head so I wouldn't see the street. They were all carrying weapons. I knew that they could do anything they wanted, but thank God, they took me to my son.
For five days, they wouldn't allow us to leave. For five days, we stayed in the village of Lazurne. We were lucky because there was a very nice family we were able to stay with during that period, and they were helping us.
After that five-day period, they allowed us to leave, but only after we made a video where I was supposed to say that Save Ukraine was a very bad organization and that they were stealing children and that Russia is a wonderful country. Only after I made that video did they let us go.
We didn't tell them that we were going back to Ukraine. We told them that we were going to Poland, that our final destination was Poland, that we were not returning to Ukraine.