Two years on, thousands of Ukrainians search for their missing relatives
In Ukraine, 30,000 people remain missing since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, their relatives refuse to give up hope.
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00:00 More than 30,000 people were reported missing in Ukraine in the last 24 months, according
00:06 to the Ukrainian National Police Service.
00:09 Irina Reva is one of them. She lost track of her 25-year-old son, Vadyslav, 19 months
00:15 ago when he disappeared in battle. She says she will not give up hope of finding him alive
00:21 and will do whatever it takes to find him.
00:23 "I am looking for my son. I still believe that he is alive. I will wait for him. I will look
00:30 for him. I will try to find him. I will do everything I can to find him."
00:47 Tatiana's husband Ola disappeared in the summer of 2022 after he was detained by Russian military
00:54 officials.
00:55 "36 years. I was just a person next to him. And now he is gone. It's like without a hand,
01:02 without a leg. I don't know. It's hard."
01:07 Providing a DNA sample is one of the first steps required by the Ukrainian police when
01:12 families seek to track down missing people. More than 18,000 DNA samples have been processed
01:18 since the start of the war.
01:19 "I am looking for my son. I still believe that he is alive. I will do whatever it takes
01:20 to find him. I will look for him. I will try to find him. I will do everything I can to
01:21 find him."
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