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00:01 Tetyana / Mother of Ukrainian Prisoner of War
00:46 Report / Rebecca Ritters
02:01 Tetyana / Mother of Ukrainian Prisoner of War

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+++ SOT Tetyana, Mother of Ukrainian Prisoner of War
The last time I saw him was in December 2021. He came home just for vacation, he always came for his father's birthday."
 
Tetyana’s son - Artem - has spent the last three years in a Russian prison. 

He was a soldier in Ukraine’s Azov regiment, defending the city of Mariupol through its three-month long siege. The city would eventually fall — 
 
— And as Russian troops encircled, Tetyana received what would be the last communication from her son. 

+++ SOT Tetyana, Mother of Ukrainian Prisoner of War
I received an SMS from him in the evening, where he wrote that there would be no contact for a long time, but "don't worry, everything is really fine. I love you and I’m proud of my parents.”

Just days later, Ukraine’s commander in chief ordered the last remaining Azov troops to surrender – with a promise they’d soon be exchanged and returned to Ukraine. 

Three years on, Artem - and hundreds of others from his regiment - remain in Russian custody. Along with thousands of other soldiers and civilians. 

+++ SOT Tetyana, Mother of Ukrainian Prisoner of War
In the 21st century, children are in such torture chambers. I am a mother, I can't do anything. The worst thing is that I understand that at this moment he can be tortured, he can be there, I don't know what to do with him, and I can't do anything.
 
Instead she lobbies her government – who she believes should be doing more. 

+++ SOT Tetyana, Mother of Ukrainian Prisoner of War
It seems to me that our government is doing a lot, but they could do better. There are many questions about how the (prisoner exchange) lists are formed, where is the guarantee that it is your son who gets there. No one can explain this to us.

Every single day for more than a year, Tetyana has made the two-hour roundtrip into Kyiv to hand deliver a letter of petition to the president’s office. Their lack of acknowledgement adds to the pain. 

+++ SOT Tetyana, Mother of Ukrainian Prisoner of War
At least feel that you are doing something. That you are not sitting, you are just doing what you can.
 
Doing what she can until she can do what she really wants. 

+++ SOT Tetyana, Mother of Ukrainian Prisoner of War
I will hug him and say that I love him more than anything in the world. The best, the most valuable that I have. Without thinking, I would give everything I have for him.
 
END	LW 2:25