00:00When Russian forces occupied Kherson in the early days of the full-scale invasion, Moscow
00:08troops soon started targeting Ukrainian children.
00:11Vlad Rudenko, then 16 years old, was home alone when armed Russian soldiers knocked
00:17on his door.
00:18Vlad was forcefully deported on the 7th of October 2022.
00:42He was put on one of the 15 buses, packed with the Ukrainian children of different age
00:48and taken to annexed and occupied Crimea to what Moscow calls summer camps.
01:18Vlad revolted against this indoctrination and got severely punished.
01:48After 8 months in Russia, Vlad's mother managed to rescue him, but the window of opportunity
02:08to bring back Ukrainian children is closing.
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