got these 25 on their sleeves. the symbol of russia s war on their country. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers lives. they re rushing to reach the children they ve been separated from for six months. ijoin them on the first stage of their trip. ukrainian women heading for russia to find the children sent to summer camps there and never returned. alla tells me every minute now counts because the children have been told they ll be put in care if their mums don t come for them. translation: the children started calling us in panic. i and russia is huge. so where would we have looked for them? train horn hoots so this is the start of a gruelling trip across thousands of miles that will take the women deep into the country that s declared war on them. alla shows me the video her son danila sent from his summer camp in crimea. he s 13 and he went there in october when his own city was occupied. but when her son was liberated, the russians refused to send the children
their children back. translation: i should never have let him go. | but we didn t know. theyjust took him and that was that. russia claims it was protecting them from danger. speaks russian but we ve investigated the ideology that s driving its actions and found new evidence of how the ukrainian children russia takes are treated. i look at them here in this russian run school, they ve got military uniforms and they ve got these zs on their sleeves. the symbol of russia s war on their country. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers lives. they re rushing to reach the children they ve been separated from for six months. ijoin them on the first stage of their trip. ukrainian women heading for russia to find the children sent to summer camps there and never returned. alla tells me every minute now counts because the children have been told they ll be put in care if their mums don t come for them. translation: the children started calling us in panic. i and russia is hug
which will lead to higher prices at the pump. oil prices skyrocketed with the invasion of ukraine last year. now on bbc news ukraine: the missing children. vladimir putin is now a wanted man. russia s president has been indicted as a suspected war criminal. chatters happily ..for the forced removal of children from ukrainian territory. air raid siren wails since russia launched its war on ukraine, kyiv says thousands of children have been taken. translation: it s not only putin who should be put - on trial, it s all the main people for what they did to the children. we ve met women forced to travel deep into enemy territory to get their children back. translation: i should never have let him go. | but we didn t know. theyjust took him and that was that. russia claims it was protecting them from danger. speaks russian but we ve investigated the ideology that s driving its actions and found new evidence of how the ukrainian children russia takes are treated. i look at them he
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