In summer 2022, Russia began a program to bring children from occupied Ukraine to summer camps inside Russia. An unknown number of those children have since been adopted into Russian families
Twenty-two of the drones were shot down over Odesa on the Black Sea though an administration building in the port was damaged, and a fire at a grain terminal near the port was quickly extinguished, regional governor Oleh Kiper said. In the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the Western military alliance would send Ukraine a "positive message" on its path to membership.
people are being told not to take. a train notjust to the battlefield, but home. viktoria has had enough of being a refugee and is heading back with her precious cargo, her baby. translation: it was impossible to live like that. we travelled all around slovakia and ukraine, but i have to settle our family. this is where we belong. after travelling across the country, she s welcomed by who she left behind. her husband, serhiy. translation: i feel overwhelmed and very glad to see my beautiful daughter and my wife. here, men typically stay behind to eitherfight or in serhiy s case, work. he and thousands of others chose to stay for this coal mine.
counter offensive against russian forces. despite the danger, and warnings from officials to stay away, thousands of ukrainians are returning to their homes close to the front line. our correspondentjames waterhouse has been to the eastern town of pokrovsk, to find out why some are deciding to go home. the end of the line. we re on a journey, which people are being told not to take. a train notjust to the battlefield, but home. viktoria has had enough of being a refugee and is heading back with her precious cargo her baby. translation: it was impossible to live like that. we travelled all around slovakia and ukraine, but i have to settle our family. this is where we belong. after travelling across the country, she s welcomed by who she left behind. her husband, serhiy.
eyes of soldiers like him which are allowing people to move back into harm s way. for serhiy and viktoria, it s a conscious decision. translation: who knows when it will become safe here? maybe a year, two, or five. we don t want to wait even one year. overall, we are prepared. yes. in these times of turmoil, there is a hope and belief they won t last forever. futures depend on it. james waterhouse, bbc news, pokrovsk, in eastern ukraine. now to the southern russian region of belgorod, which borders ukraine, where the region s governor said a drone attack set an energy facility on fire. this reportedly happened in just the last few hours, and the governor said there were no casualties. elsewhere in belgorod, anti kremlin russian paramilitaries who captured two