Information for non-Ukrainians wishing to help or adopt an orphan from Ukraine

If you wish to help a child from the orphans' personal pages, please read this information.

Ukraine urges russians not to adopt 'stolen' Ukrainian children

'The most scared I've ever been.'

This NKY mom rescued a Ukrainian orphan from a war zone.

How to help a child you can’t adopt

At the moment it is impossible to adopt a Ukrainian child – both for Ukrainians and for foreign nationals!

Deported by force and deception: testimony about the deportation of Ukrainian children to the russian federation

Some of the Ukrainian children deported to russia by the occupiers said that they were taken away by force.

UK aims sanctions at Russians accused of abducting Ukrainian children

Maria Lvova-Belova accused by Ukraine of organising capture of vulnerable children in Luhansk and Donetsk.

The UN opposed the adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia

UNICEF reminded that the decision to adopt should be made in the best interests of the child and only with his voluntary consent.

Ukraine suspends intl adoption – Ombudswoman

Ukraine temporarily suspended international adoption for the period of the war, but is grateful to partner countries that give asylum to Ukrainian children.

Completing an Adoption Out of Wartime Ukraine

The drama surrounding the adoption of the stateless Ukrainian orphan Bridget has come to an end. The six-year-old from Zaporizhzhia has now been able to leave the country after her American adoptive parents braved the war to come get her.

A scandal erupted around the adoption of a neglected child by a foreign woman in the Odessa region: the girl had bedsores and a purulent infection (Video)