The best documentaries from the media world summarized
The ComeHome Association network is passionately committed to finding deported Ukrainian children, supporting their repatriation and reuniting them with their families.
In order to understand this mission and why we dedicate ourselves to this task with such deep emotion, it is important to know the whole truth.
That is why we have set up a media library on our website, in which we link to documentaries from renowned TV channels such as Arte and ZDF.
Why we link documentations
1. powerful insights The documentaries from broadcasters such as Arte and ZDF offer you impressive and profound insights into the reality that Ukrainian children and their families are exposed to.
These films show not only the facts, but also the human stories behind the numbers, and highlight the urgency of our mission. 2. comprehensible and emotional presentation Pictures say more than a thousand words.
The visual and emotional portrayals in the documentaries help you to better understand the plight of the children.
They show the despair, but also the hope and courage that accompany these families. 3. in-depth knowledge Renowned broadcasters such as Arte and ZDF conduct thorough research and provide well-founded information.
These documentaries are based on careful journalistic work and offer you a reliable source to understand the extent of the problems and the background.
4. motivation to support When you see the stories of the children and families and witness their struggles, you will understand why we are so passionate about this task.
This knowledge motivates and inspires support – be it through donations, volunteering or other forms of help. 5. education and awareness-raising By linking these documentations, we contribute to education and awareness-raising.
You will be better informed and can also draw the attention of those around you to the issue.
This raises awareness of the need for our work and increases support.
Your support counts
Your commitment and support are critical to helping the children and families affected.
By taking the time to watch these documentaries, you can understand the depth of our mission and perhaps feel inspired to take action. Take the opportunity to watch the linked documentaries in our media library.
Understand the challenges we face and discover how you can make a difference.
Together, with knowledge and empathy, we can build a better future for the children and families affected.
Documentaries and reports in German
On the trail of the stolen children
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, almost 20,000 Ukrainian children are said to have been deported to Russia.
The latest report by the investigative magazine “Sources” reveals the system set up by the Russians in violation of international law, as these deportations constitute a war crime.
Through the analysis of videos on Telegram, publications on social networks and articles and statements by the Russian authorities, the report shows how these children were forcibly taken from their parents or orphanages and then transferred to dozens of centers across the country.
It also shows how these children, who were supposed to be temporarily relocated, are in fact indoctrinated, placed in families and even offered for adoption in Russia, thanks to a policy developed at the highest levels of the state.
This practice has earned Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian Commissioner for Children’s Rights, an indictment by the International Criminal Court.
Human Rights Watch accuses Russia of abducting Ukrainian children
According to a report by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch, Ukrainian children are being resettled from the Russian-occupied territories to Russia.
It remains unclear whether their biological parents, who are still alive, are aware of this.
Thousands of children abducted from Ukraine – SOS Children’s Villages involved
The Russian war of aggression has torn Ukrainian families apart – parents have been killed and children orphaned.
Abduction and adoption are now also robbing them of their home and identity.
Cases of child abduction are currently being reported in almost every town liberated by the Ukrainian army.
Thousands of children are said to have been deported in the first year of the war.
Research by frontal shows that the international aid organization SOS Children’s Villages is involved in the systematic abduction of Ukrainian children.
Pictures obtained by the editorial team show how Ukrainian children are taken to the Tomilino settlement near Moscow.
There they are apparently handed over to Russian foster parents.
The Tomilino settlement has been part of the SOS Children’s Villages since 1990.
The aid organization admitted to ZDF that it knew of 13 Ukrainian children in its villages in Russia.
SOS Children’s Villages Russia says it has been working in Russia for more than 30 years and currently looks after more than 600 children there.
The organization points out that it has supported more than 74,000 children in Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
Ukrainian children abducted by Russia
The Russian war of aggression has torn Ukrainian families apart – parents have been killed and children orphaned.
Abduction and adoption are now also robbing them of their home and identity.
Cases of child abduction are currently being reported in almost every town liberated by the Ukrainian army.
Thousands of children are said to have been deported in the first year of the war.
Research by frontal shows that the international aid organization SOS Children’s Villages is involved in the systematic abduction of Ukrainian children.
Pictures obtained by the editorial team show how Ukrainian children are taken to the Tomilino settlement near Moscow.
There they are apparently handed over to Russian foster parents.
The Tomilino settlement has been part of the SOS Children’s Villages since 1990.
The aid organization admitted to ZDF that it knew of 13 Ukrainian children in its villages in Russia.
SOS Children’s Villages Russia says it has been working in Russia for more than 30 years and currently looks after more than 600 children there.
The organization points out that it has supported more than 74,000 children in Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
Ukrainian children talk about their abduction by Russians
From Russian custody to the Dutch capital – six Ukrainian children came to The Hague to report on their abduction and forced deportation by the Russians during the war.
SUMMER CAMP TURNED OUT AS ABDUCTION: 31 children abducted by Russia returned
WELT chief presenter Tatjana Ohm reports for you from Kiev on the situation in Ukraine and the fighting in Donbass.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court for the deportation of children.
But sometimes it is possible to return some of the children to their families via detours.
Tatjana Ohm reports on one of these rare cases.
How the abducted Ukrainian children are faring in Russia
WELT chief presenter Tatjana Ohm reports for you from Kiev on the situation in Ukraine and the fighting in Donbass.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court for the deportation of children.
But sometimes it is possible to return some of the children to their families via detours.
Tatjana Ohm reports on one of these rare cases.
Documentaries and TV reports in English
Three kidnapped Ukrainian children recount being taken by Russian soldiers
The Ukrainian government estimates that Russia has kidnapped at least 30,000 Ukrainian children since the start of the war – and Ukraine has only been able to recover 388 to reunite with their loved ones.
Margaret Brennan spoke to three – two boys and a girl, all under 15 years old – who were rescued by their grandparents and traveled to the U.S. to plead for help.
Stealing Ukraine’s Children: Inside Russia’s Camps
Moscow has been accused of abducting and forcibly deporting more than 19,000 Ukrainian children.
In what could amount to the most horrific war crimes committed to date, the Russian state is allegedly attempting to turn a generation of Ukrainian children into Russians.
Ukrainian Children – Stolen by Russia
Since the start of the war, Russia has abducted many thousands of Ukrainian children.
Some were told they were being sent on vacation, only to end up in Russia.
Many of the children have yet to return.
The scale of abductions only became clear when the Ukrainian army began liberating Russian-occupied areas.
Large numbers of children had apparently disappeared, victims of a criminal plan devised by Moscow.
Russian forces had systematically scoured orphanages, maternity wards and children’s hospitals, transferring Ukrainian children to Russia.
Ukrainian families had also been instructed to send their children to supposed Russian vacation camps.
Once removed from Ukraine, aid organizations say, the children found themselves in an alien environment, separated from their language, culture, customs and religion.
The children were housed in hospitals, children’s homes or foster families.
They were assigned Russian passports, and many were forcibly adopted into Russian families.
In the meantime, the International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued arrest warrants against President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, his commissioner for children’s rights.
Maria Lvova-Belova.
They stand accused of arranging for the forcible deportation and transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia.
From Kyiv to Kherson, to Odesa and into Russia itself: this report follows the forcible transfer and ‘russification’ of Ukrainian children and youth.
The investigation of this war crime includes testimony from affected families and children, as well as Ukrainian social workers and officials.
Ukrainians accuse Russia of kidnapping, indoctrinating Ukrainian children
Ukraine’s government says about 20,000 children have been taken by Russia, but adds it could be closer to 300,000.
Ukrainian moms are traveling behind enemy lines to rescue their abducted children.
he story of deportation of 11-year-old Illia from Mariupol
Illia, 11 years old, Mariupol Illia is a child who experienced a lot of pain in his short life.
When his hometown of Mariupol was mercilessly shelled by the Russians, his mother died from the debris, and the boy received many shrapnel wounds.
The occupiers took him to a hospital in Donetsk, where he suffered even more physical and emotional pain.
The operation to remove the fragment from his leg was performed without anesthesia.
Adults mocked, saying that now the child should not say “Glory to Ukraine” but “Glory to Ukraine as part of Russia” and forced him to write in Russian.
But, despite his young age, the boy bravely endured all these abuses.
Thanks to a large team of governmental and non-governmental structures and organizations, in close cooperation with the boy’s grandmother Olena, Illia managed to be returned from deportation.
Currently, the boy is undergoing rehabilitation and dreams of becoming a doctor “to be the same as our boys on the front lines, combat medics and ordinary ones – they are real heroes.”
Genocide in Disguise: Russians Kidnapping and Deporting Ukrainian Children
In this special report, we uncover Russia’s heinous acts of mass kidnapping and deportation and their illegal adoption of Ukrainian children from occupied territories.
These actions have elements of genocide and must be brought to light.
We investigate the harrowing stories of families torn apart and innocent children forced into illegal adoption by Russian authorities.
Join UATV as we delve into the disturbing reality of Russia’s genocidal tactics and their devastating impact on Ukrainian families.
Don’t miss this eye-opening special report.
Inside Russia’s kidnapping operation: 1.5 million Ukrainian children were illegally abducted
Since 2014, Russia has illegally removed up to 1.5 million children from Ukraine, said Mykola Kuleba, head of the Save Ukraine foundation.
Moscow hides information about the kidnapped Ukrainian children.
It is difficult to establish their personal data and where they are currently located.
According to the testimonies of the children whom Ukraine was able to return, in Russia they are forbidden to speak their native language, they lie about the war of Russia against Ukraine, and try to convince them that their parents and the country have abandoned them.
The federation has a conveyor for the deportation and re-education of little Ukrainians from the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian army.
Документальные фильмы и телерепортажи на английском языке
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Более 40 украинских детей были отправлены на обучения в кадетские корпуса рф.
Там из “перевоспитывают”, внушая нарративы о “величии россии”.
Таким образом идет активная подготовка будущих силовиков, послушных росссийскому режиму.
Как украинских детей “перевоспитывают” силовики россии – смотрите в видео.
Россия ворует украинских детей
С начала полномасштабной войны в Украине в Россию было вывезено как минимум несколько десятков тысяч детей – точные цифры неизвестны.
Россия вывозит сирот из интернатов, и детей, потерявших родителей в ходе войны, а затем направляет их в приёмные семьи.
Некоторых детей буквально берут в заложники, не давая им вернуться домой из летних лагерей на Черном море.
Что ждёт украинских детей в России и чем эвакуация отличается от депортации?
Как украинские дети вернулись домой из России и что они пережили по другую сторону фронта
Во время этой поездки в Россию умерла бабушка, которая должна была забрать двух внуков.
Поэтому в Украину вернулся 31 ребенок, а не 33, как планировалось изначально.
Украинские дети рассказали об ужасах плена в РФ / Новости Украины
Дети, которых увезли в Россию во время окккупации Херсона и Харьковской области спустя полгода увидели родных.
Детали операции и маршрут гуманитарной миссии держаться в тайне.
Французские кинематографисты против депортации Россией украинских детей
Французские кинематографисты выступают против депортации Россией украинских детей.
Подробности – в сюжете.