Legal guardians Valentina Yermachkova and Anton Bilay traveled through Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia to reach occupied Donetsk and retrieve the abducted children.
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To get to Donetsk, the guardians had to pass through Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania, enter Russia, and then travel on to the city.
At least 50 Ukrainian POWs, including Azov fighters, were killed in Yelenovka.
During a maneuver near Bakhmut, a Ukrainian fighter was injured by a mine and later had his leg amputated.
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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:27:01.883Z
Source story: stolen-generation-russia-systematically-abducts-children-from-ukraine-gives-them-to-russian-families