
This Week in Ukraine Ep. 13 – How, and why, Russia kidnaps thousands of Ukrainian children

Episode #13 of our weekly video podcast “This Week in Ukraine” is dedicated to a massive Russian scheme to kidnap tens of thousands of Ukrainian children, place them in re-education camps, and give them up for adoption to Russian families.
Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by the Kyiv Independent deputy chief editor Toma Istomina.
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"This Week in Ukraine" is released on YouTube and audio platforms every Friday.
It is edited by Anthony Bartaway, Anna Yakutenko, and Alex Kisly.
“This Week in Ukraine” is a video podcast hosted by Kyiv Independent’s reporter Anastasiia Lapatina. Every week, Anastasiia sits down with her newsroom colleagues to discuss Ukraine’s most pressing issues.
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