this brother and sister can hardly believe it is ok to just stop and play. translation: there was no ping pong during occupation. - children don t even play football in the stadiums. ilona and maksym are orphans who spent over a year in hiding under russian occupation. their mum died years ago and ailing father had kept them in the house since the russians came to their village in southern ukraine. translation: i wasn t studying. i haven t finished school. i don t have any documents, so i m considered a dummy. i guess. i couldn t go anywhere because my dad was worried. he said the russians could rape me or kill me. there have been such cases. when their father eventually died, ilona and maksym were worried that they would be forced to move to russia, given russian passports, and sent to orphanage or adopted, so they decided to flee. a daring escape was organised by volunteers who helped
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to get the child back. this story has a happy ending ilona and maksym will soon live with their stepmother. they are finally free and safe relatively. and there s plenty more updates from ukraine on our website, of course. to keep up to date there and with the bbc news up and if you are online, you can get me on social media. i m lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. goodbye. hello. after saturday s weather, i ll tell you straight away that the outlook is looking significantly better for many parts of the uk over the coming days even sunday will bring a delightful start to the day with some sunshine. now, storm antoni swept across southern parts of the uk but affected mostly the south west in terms of the severe gales.
this brother and sister can hardly believe it is ok to just stop and play. translation: there was no ping pong during occupation. - children don t even play football in the stadiums. ilona and maksym pavlenka orphans who spent over a year in hiding under russian occupation. their mum died years ago and ailing father had kept them in the house since the russians came to their village in southern ukraine. translation: i wasn t studying. i haven t finished school. i don t have any documents, so i m considered a dummy. i guess i couldn t go anywhere because my dad was worried. he said the russians could rape me or kill me. there have been such cases. when the father eventually died, ilona and maksym were worried that they would be forced to move to russia, given russian passports, and sent to orphanage or adopted. so they decided to flee.
translation: it is much harder to bring back an orphan child. i the russians assign a legal guardian to them to replace the previous guardian they had on ukrainian territory or they placed the child into an adoptive family. after that, no possible agreements can work and it is very hard to get the child back. this story has a happy ending. ilona and maksym will soon live with their stepmother. they are finally free and safe, relatively. france says it will support efforts by the west african regional bloc, ecowas, to reinstate the ousted president of niger. an ultimatum given to the coup leaders to hand back power orface military action expires on sunday. our reporter in lagos in nigeria nkechi ogbonna said all options could be on the table when that deadline expires on sunday. the ecowas chiefs made an announcement after a three day meeting that they have been having in the capital. they say that they are exploring diplomatic options, including political and military options. howe