How a Ukrainian grandmother traveled to Russian-occupied territory to find her abducted grandson

With the help of a nongovernmental organization called Save Ukraine, a Ukrainian grandmother traveled deep into enemy territory to rescue her 9-year-old grandson. To prepare for that mission, she learned how to craft a cover story, and says she had to travel through a minefield behind enemy lines.

According to the Ukrainian government, more than 19,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia or Russian-occupied territory since the war began. Russia says they are evacuating Ukrainian children from the fighting in eastern and southern Ukraine and bringing them to safety. The International Criminal Court has charged Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top deputy in charge of children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, with the war crimes of unlawful deportation and transfer of…