'We Can Be Your Mom And Dad': Ukrainian Couple Offers To Adopt Child Orphaned By War

Six-year-old Ilya lost his mother and father when they were killed during Russia's attack on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. Volodymyr and Maria Bespaliy started taking care of Ilya after he was orphaned and have offered to adopt him as their own son.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-orphan-adoption-russia-war-mariupol/31910409.html

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