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6/30/2025, 2:14:34 PM
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The story of Vladyslav Rudenko, one of the Ukrainian teenagers abducted by Russia.
Russian troops occupied the city of Kherson a week after the full-scale invasion in February 2022. They detained hundreds and tortured dozens of people in the city. Then the Russian authorities began targeting children.
In October 2022, three armed Russian soldiers stormed the home of 16-year-old Vladyslav. They forced him to pack his belongings and board one of 17 buses filled with Ukrainian children. He wasn’t allowed to leave a note for his mother. No phone calls to relatives were permitted.
The buses took him to the camp "Druzhba" ("Friendship") in Russian-occupied Crimea. Upon arrival, Russian officers ordered the children to throw away anything symbolizing Ukrainian identity. Vladyslav recalled one teenage girl who disobeyed and wore a T-shirt that read "Glory to Ukraine." A Russian officer cut the shirt off her.
According to Vladyslav, the children were shown Russian propaganda videos, and given lessons about Moscow’s supposed global importance, how Ukraine would soon become part of Russia, and how their Ukrainian identity was being upgraded" to a Russian one.
This daily dose of propaganda convinced some Ukrainian children that their families no longer wanted them, Vladyslav said. Some even claimed they didn’t want to return home.
Vladyslav refused to accept a Russian identity. One evening at dusk, he sneaked outside, carefully avoiding camp guards, and pulled down the Russian flag.
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The story of Vladyslav Rudenko, one of the Ukrainian teenagers abducted by Russia.
Russian troops occupied the city of Kherson a week after the full-scale invasion in February 2022. They detained hundreds and tortured dozens of people in the city. Then the Russian authorities began targeting children.
In October 2022, three armed Russian soldiers stormed the home of 16-year-old Vladyslav. They forced him to pack his belongings and board one of 17 buses filled with Ukrainian children. He wasn’t allowed to leave a note for his mother. No phone calls to relatives were permitted.
The buses took him to the camp "Druzhba" ("Friendship") in Russian-occupied Crimea. Upon arrival, Russian officers ordered the children to throw away anything symbolizing Ukrainian identity. Vladyslav recalled one teenage girl who disobeyed and wore a T-shirt that read "Glory to Ukraine." A Russian officer cut the shirt off her.
According to Vladyslav, the children were shown Russian propaganda videos, and given lessons about Moscow’s supposed global importance, how Ukraine would soon become part of Russia, and how their Ukrainian identity was being upgraded" to a Russian one.
This daily dose of propaganda convinced some Ukrainian children that their families no longer wanted them, Vladyslav said. Some even claimed they didn’t want to return home.
Vladyslav refused to accept a Russian identity. One evening at dusk, he sneaked outside, carefully avoiding camp guards, and pulled down the Russian flag.
>part 1
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