Since Russia’s assault on Ukraine in February 2022, tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been forcibly abducted and taken to Russia and nearby countries friendly to Russia, such as Belarus. Most of these children have living relatives who are frantically searching for them.
As part of ALEC’s Women Leadership Series, and to commemorate Ukraine’s Constitution Day, ALEC Federalism, International Relations, and Homeland Security Task Force Senior Director Karla Jones and ALEC Health & Human Services Task Force Senior Director Brooklyn Roberts interviewed Gillian Huebner, Executive Director of Georgetown University’s Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues who described this as the largest missing children’s case since World War II.