Mykola Kuleba

Founder of Save Ukraine, Ombudsman for Children with the President of Ukraine (2014-2021) 🇺🇦 Help us save families and children from the war

National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine  Save Ukraine NGO

Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine

Nov 14, 2025

They ripped out his teeth and eyelids… and said he died of a blood clot

This is not a story from history books — it’s what a Ukrainian boy told us about his friend who didn’t survive Russian torture.

In my interview with CNN, I spoke about how Russia’s war targets not only our land but also our children — their identity, their minds, and their future. Our report Return Every Child exposes the systematic indoctrination, abduction, and brutalization of Ukrainian children under occupation.

These are not isolated crimes. They are part of a deliberate strategy to erase a generation.

📹 Watch interview to hear the truth the world must not ignore — and share it so more people understand what is happening to Ukraine’s children.

Comment from :

Sergiu Simion

😱 🤬 I am horrified !! There are no words that can express the state of revolt that this way of destroying a human being provokes! If some individuals torture a human being like this, what can be said about their bosses, about the army they are part of, about the country that sent them and about its leadership?!

Maria Constantinova

🙏🏻🖤🇺🇦 my condolences, these are war crimes, inhumane and barbaric, systematic and beyond any reasoning, those performing them shall be held accountable, I #StandWithUkraine.

Jose Salgado

Never forgive, never forget.

Ariana Gic

“They [the Russians] ripped out his teeth and eyelids.”

I do not believe that it is well understood or appreciated that this kind of horrifyingly barbaric and savage torture of Ukrainians is not unusual, but SYSTEMIC.

I fear it is equally not well understood that Russia will not hesitate to use this kind of savagery when it invades a NATO nation.