Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, health workers at a children’s hospital in southern Ukraine started secretly planning how to save their babies. Russians were suspected of seizing young children without parents and sending them to Russia. Knowing this, the workers at the children’s hospital in Kherson began to make up information on the medical records of orphan patients. The health workers wanted to make it appear that the children were too sick to go anywhere else. “We were scared that (the Russians) would find out,” said Dr. Olga Pilyarska, the head of intensive care. “(But) we decided that we would save the children at any cost.” Throughout the war, Russia has been accused of sending Ukrainian children to Russia or Russian-held areas to raise them as their own. At least 1,000 children were taken from schools and orphanages in Kherson during Russia’s eight-month occupation of the area, local officials say. The officials still do not know where those children are.
Title: Ukrainians Hid Orphaned Children from Russian Deportation
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<span data-start-time='19021' data-end-time='29521'>Knowing this, the workers at the children’s hospital in Kherson began to make up information on the medical records of orphan patients. </span> <span data-start-time='29521' data-end-time='37000'>The health workers wanted to make it appear that the children were too sick to go anywhere else.</span> <span data-start-time='37000' data-end-time='45104'>“We were scared that (the Russians) would find out,” said Dr. Olga Pilyarska, the head of intensive care. </span> <span data-start-time='45104' data-end-time='49979'>“(But) we decided that we would save the children at any cost.”</span> <span data-start-time='49979' data-end-time='60083'>Throughout the war, Russia has been accused of sending Ukrainian children to Russia or Russian-held areas to raise them as their own. </span> <span data-start-time='60083' data-end-time='72979'>At least 1,000 children were taken from schools and orphanages in Kherson during Russia’s eight-month occupation of the area, local officials say. </span> <span data-start-time='72979' data-end-time='77333'>The officials still do not know where those children are.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5729/A14.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=19099 data-hint-location='12583' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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