Screening of the “Stolen Children of Ukraine” Film

Two years after the Russian aggression against Ukraine started the EU Delegation to Serbia is the host of a number of events to shed a light on the humanitarian drama that has unfolded through this war. In the framework of this Ukraine related week of activities the EU Delegation to Serbia hosted today an event at the EU Info Centre in Belgrade on the subject of children who have been unlawfully deported from Ukraine and taken to Russia where many are being offered for adoption. The documentary film “The stolen children of Ukraine”, in the co-production of CAPA Presse and the German-French television ARTE, was screened today at the EU Info Centre in Belgrade. The film follows the fate of some of the more than 19,000 estimated children who were forcefully taken from occupied territories in Ukraine and brought to Russia. It premiered on ARTE television in July 2023. The screening in Belgrade was held in the presence of the authors of the film, French journalists Manon Bachelot and Poline Tchoubar and the Ambassador of the European Union to Serbia, Emanuele Giaufret and the Ambassador of Ukraine Volodomyr Tolkach.