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sasha has always been withdrawn but tetyana says he's even quieter these days. he's told his family the children were banned from even mentioning ukraine or speaking their own language. so, i asked tetyana what she thinks about the arrest warrant issued for russia's president. translation: it's not only putin who should be put - on trial — it's all the main people, the commanders, all of them for what they did to the children. what right did they have? they knew it was impossible for us to get them back and they didn't care. phone dial tone i called the woman in charge of the school where sasha was taken using a russian number, so there was a chance she'd pick up.
pounded by russia's military. tetyana remembers how frantic she was when sasha disappeared and the moment she was finally told he was at a special school in occupied eastern ukraine and she could call him. translation: he cried into the phone. - it was the first time we'd spoken in six weeks. he was happy to hear me, of course, but he really cried. he wanted to come home. the children had been told their homes had gone, that everything had been destroyed. and sasha was afraid we were gone, too. sasha's town is now under attack by russian forces. ukraine retook kupiansk in september, ending almost seven months of occupation.
seven months of occupation. but the russians didn't retreat far. and sasha's school is now in ruins, too. the russian missiles landed a few weeks after he left here. the pictures were filmed by a teacher. mykola showed them to me in kyiv, where he and his family have now moved for safety. he told me how he'd seen the russian soldiers take sasha and the other children from the school but he'd been powerless to stop them. translation: they were all in identical camouflage - and body armour, with good weapons. they had balaclavas on, so you could only see their eyes. it only took them ten minutes to gather everyone together. they weren't talking. all they said was, "quick, quick, quick!" ijust had a chance to ask where they were taking the kids
or speaking their own language. so, i asked tetyana what she thinks about the arrest warrant issued for russia's president. translation: it's not only putin who should be put - on trial — it's all the main people, the commanders, all of them for what they did to the children. what right did they have? they knew it was impossible for us to get them back and they didn't care. phone dial tone i called the woman in charge of the school where sasha was taken using a russian number, so there was a chance she'd pick up. speaks russian we know that five of sasha's classmates are still stuck there. continues speaking russian but i wanted to know about that z mark — the ukrainian children dressed as russian soldiers.
forced separation would be upsetting for any child but sasha has special needs, and for someone so vulnerable, it was deeply unsettling. speaks ukrainian his mum had to travel thousands of miles to get him back deep into occupied territory. and tetyana has new proof of how ukrainian children are treated there. tetyana's just shown me this photograph. and these kids here are classmates of sasha, of her son. and look at them here in this russian—run school. they've got military uniforms and they've got these zs on their sleeves. these are the symbols of russia's war on their country. sasha has identified three children in these pictures. the writing on the classroom wall shows the ukrainians were dressed to celebrate
it only took them ten minutes to gather everyone together. they weren't talking. all they said was, "quick, quick, quick!" ijust had a chance to ask where they were taking the kids and to say, "let me go with them" but they said "no. "go home. "because if you leave, you won't be coming back." i put to him what russia says — that in cases like this, it's just taking children to safety. i lived under occupation, so i know the difference between what the russians say and what i see for myself outside of my own window. the two are totally different. there was no reason to evacuate back then. it wasn't like now, when everyone's leaving. this was abduction. they just took the children. sasha has always been withdrawn but tetyana says he's even quieter these days.
from even mentioning ukraine or speaking their own language. so, i asked tetyana what she thinks about the arrest warrant issued for russia's president. translation: it's not only putin who should be put - on trial — it's all the main people, the commanders, all of them for what they did to the children. what right did they have? they knew it was impossible for us to get them back and they didn't care. phone dial tone. i called the woman in charge of the school where sasha was taken using a russian number, so there was a chance she'd pick up. speaks russian. we know that five of sasha's classmates are still stuck there. continues speaking russian. but i wanted to know about that z mark — the ukrainian children dressed
with them" but they said "no. "go home. "because if you leave, you won't be coming back." i put to him what russia says — that in cases like this, it's just taking children to safety. i lived under occupation, so i know the difference between what the russians say and what i see for myself outside of my own window. the two are totally different. there was no reason to evacuate back then. it wasn't like now, when everyone's leaving. this was abduction. they just took the children. sasha has always been withdrawn, but tetyana says he's even quieter these days. he's told his family the children were banned from even mentioning ukraine
pounded by russia's military. tetyana remembers how frantic she was when sasha disappeared and the moment she was finally told he was at a special school in occupied eastern ukraine and she could call him. translation: he cried into the phone. - it was the first time we'd spoken in six weeks. he was happy to hear me, of course, but he really cried. he wanted to come home. the children had been told their homes had gone, that everything had been destroyed. and sasha was afraid we were gone, too. sasha's town is now under attack by russian forces. ukraine retook kupiansk in september, ending almost