anywhere in the world and tell the same sort of story. over the past year, like many schools, this one has welcomed refugees from ukraine. now, arriving in an unfamiliar place, having said goodbye to friends and family far away, well, it can be hugely unsettling for anyone. but for children, it can be especially hard, as tatyana has discovered. she fled ukraine last summer with her two young daughters. it s like uncertainty. they didn t know where we were going. and, like, the worst part was that they were travelling without their dad. the biggest part of my heart is still there in ukraine. how has it been? how have you managed when it comes to settling in? for the girls it was so hard
and family far away, well, it can be hugely unsettling for anyone. but for children, it can be especially hard, as tatyana has discovered. she fled ukraine last summer with her two young daughters. it s like, uncertainty. they didn t know where we were going. and like, the worst part was that they were travelling without their dad. the biggest part of my heart is still there in ukraine. how has it been? how have you managed when it comes to settling in? for the girls, it was so hard to socialise at the very beginning. but the school, they found new friends here, the teachers, so they are supporting constantly. this short film has been made in partnership with the charity save the children.
once we embraced it was like a a great weight lifted. in the end gave up the children willingly. but ukraine says that hundreds, perhaps thousands, remain. our two countries are at war, says tatyana. but there are good people everywhere. you saw that desperate journey the mothers took to get their children back from those russian camps. there are many, many more like it. the russian embassy in washington is saying that the yale university report is absurd. they say they are just trying to keep those children safe. but in fact, there is clear evidence of indoctrination going on. erin burnett? thank you very much, david mckenzie, from kyiv. i want to go now to retired army general mark hertling. general, this is what you see in genocidal campaigns. they re taking over children, young children, training them for the military, training them to be russian, indoctrinating them. what does this say to you? it tells me the russians are trying to eliminate the culture
of one of new yale university study call systematic reeducation methods. but tatiana and lilia s story began year ago, their hometown of kherson fell quickly to advancing russian troops. within days, the occupiers began a campaign to ossify the population. often coercing thousands of parents like tatiana to syndicates the camps. but when ukrainian forces took back kherson in november, tatyana s daughter was on the wrong side of the frontline. rescue mission for children who are abducted. now in russian federation and in crimea. nicola, the founder of save ukraine, declined to say how exactly they negotiated entry into energy enemy territory, just that the mothers can t do it on their own. it s impossible to communicate with any russians because you can ask these mothers, they don t want to give children back. but tatiana was ready to take the risk.