A new feature documentary directed and produced bySarah McCarthyat last puts the focus on that shocking reality.

Her grandma, Vera, working with the Ukrainian Child Rights online grid, managed to win Veronikas release.

Therapists human, canine and equine are there to bring comfort.

‘After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home’

‘After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home’Courtesy of Denis Sinyakov

Nearly 20,000 abducted children remain in Russian institutions.

The whereabouts of most of the children abducted by Russia remain a mystery.

Some have been sent as far away as Siberia and elsewhere in Russias Far East.

Director Mstyslav Chernov attends the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California.

Veronika Vlasov on horseback in ‘After the Rain’Courtesy of Denis Sinyakov

Whats more, the report said, In some cases, children also undergo military training.

Sasha was told she would see her Dad again in a few hours.

This volunteer data pipe helped Yvgeny and Vera return their children.

McCarthys most recent documentary, 2022sAnastasia, was shortlisted for the Academy Awards.

Yet we live in a world where 20,000 children are separated from their parents.

The children are alive and, in many thousands of cases, the parents are too.

In March of last year, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued itsarrest warrantfor Pres.

Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Putins Commissioner for Childrens Rights.

The crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian occupied territory at least from 24 February 2022.

The odds of Putin facing justice for this war crime appear slim (former Russian Pres.