Unfortunately, we cannot determine the exact number. Some parents managed to take their children to a safe place, some remained living under occupation, and some of these children were deported to Russia. "At the time of the full-scale invasion, there were almost 60,000 children in Mariupol. Human rights activists believe the actual number could be much higher. 24, 2022, around 20,000 children have been kidnapped by Russia. I understood the risk," said Anton Bilay, the guardian of two boys from Mariupol, who risked traveling deep into occupied territories to recover his wards after they had been taken by Russians.Īccording to official data, since Feb. "Ivan simply burst into tears over the phone and begged, 'Anton Viktorovich, I am begging you, take us from here.' Of course, after hearing those words, I had to go. Some of the children want to return to Ukraine but are unable to do so. Among them is Pylyp Holovnya, who was taken into the family of Maria Lvova-Belova, the presidential commissioner for children’s rights in Russia.įamilies have been risking their lives to bring their children back. The film tells the story of a group of children known as “Group 31” who were taken to Russia from now-occupied Mariupol in May of last year and have not yet been able to return. The documentary, authored by journalist Olesia Bida and directed by Vitalii Havura, uncovers the inner workings of the forced deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia and the occupied territories of Ukraine. The film is in English.Ī special screening will be held on July 18 at the Zhovten Cinema in Kyiv, followed by a discussion with the journalists behind it. “Uprooted” will premiere on the Kyiv Independent’s YouTube channel on July 18. Now the team is ready to release their first film, “Uprooted.” The Kyiv Independent presents “Uprooted” - an investigative documentary into the forced deportation of Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied Mariupol.Ī few months ago, the Kyiv Independent, Ukraine's prominent English-language media outlet, launched a War Crimes Unit to produce investigative documentaries about Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
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