Abducted By Russia, Ukrainian Teen Finds His Way Home Almost A Year Later
- By Current Time,
- Yulia Zhukova and
- Will Tizard
Denys Berezhniy was a student in Kherson, living with his deaf and mute parents while the Ukrainian city was under Russian occupation. One month before Kherson was liberated in November 2022, Russian authorities announced to his class that they were being taken to occupied Crimea for a two-week "health" camp visit. It took nearly a year for Berezhniy to get back home.