The situation is very hard. Many kids disappeared from social media. You will not find information about where they are or how many have been placed with Russian families. Just today, some Yale research announced that more than 300 children have been placed with Russian families. Through this research, we have clarity. We found that Russian officials, including President Putin, directly authorized the forced adoption and fostering of Ukrainian children in a program deemed to be a potential war crime or crime against humanity.
It's very hard. Every day, Russian propaganda is poisoning Ukrainian children and erasing their identity. Very often, when we connect with a child, they are very afraid to come back to controlled Ukrainian territory because they believe, through Russian propaganda, that Nazis will kill them. It's very hard to convince an innocent child that no one will hurt them in Ukraine. Because of propaganda, many children believe this. They attend Russian school, even kindergarten. Russia brainwashes children everywhere.