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The charitable foundation Save Ukraine that 17 children returned to Ukraine, all of whom were taken from the Kherson and Kharkiv regions during the Russian occupation of those territories. They were subsequently transferred either deeper into Russian-occupied territory or into Russia.A Save Ukraine press release says that Russia refused to return the children to their parents after Ukraine liberated the Russian-occupied territories from which they had been removed. “Complex logistics, constant danger, [crossing] the line of fire and several borders, for many of their [parents], turned getting the children back into a huge task,” said the foundation.[Video]A teenager, who was...

Oleg Moskalenko, a Ukrainian businessman and university professor from a town on the outskirts of Kyiv, was taken prisoner by Russian forces in early March, then was tortured and interrogated for a week before being set free in the middle of a forest and eventually finding his way back to safety. Moskalenko, 53, detailed the ordeal in an interview with Fox News Digital from Warsaw, Poland, where he is currently recovering after losing multiple fingers, a third of his right foot, and three toes on his left foot.