Putin Discusses Child Abduction as Russian Woman Admits to Kidnapping 4-Year-Old From Ukraine

On March 7, during a meeting with employees and beneficiaries of the Defenders of the Fatherland Fund, Russian leader Vladimir Putin had a conversation with Olga Doryokhina, who openly described how she kidnapped a 4-year-old Ukrainian girl from the temporarily occupied Kherson region and was attempting to adopt her.

“In the Kherson region, we found our daughter. She is already with our family, currently under guardianship. We are working on formal adoption, but to us, she is our sunshine,” Doryokhina said.

Putin asked the child’s age, to which she replied, “Four years old.”

She went on to describe the abduction as a joyful event, saying, “A piece of happiness has returned to our family.”

Earlier, it was reported that seven boys, aged 3 to 17, have been returned from the temporarily occupied left bank of Kherson to Ukrainian-controlled territory.