At the Ukrainian border, a mother brings a stranger's children to safety


  • World
  • Saturday, 26 Feb 2022

Anna Semyuk, 33, hugs her son at the Beregsurany border crossing, Hungary, February 26, 2022. The son was handed with his sister at the Ukrainian side of the border by the father, who is not allowed to cross, to Nataliya Ableyeva, 58, a stranger to the family who took the children across the border and kept them safe. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

BEREGSURANY, Hungary (Reuters) - Clutching a mobile phone number of a woman she had never met, Nataliya Ableyeva crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary on Saturday, entrusted with a precious cargo.

A stranger's children.

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