When We Get Out of Ukraine, I Will Return Your Childhood': How 167 Orphans Escaped to Poland
When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, Roman Kornijko from the Otchiy Dim (Father's House) orphanage in Kyiv faced a terrible choice: Uproot 167 children from their home and risk the dangers of the open road or remain in the capital and pray that the coming bombs would somehow spare them. After much thought, he chose the road. And so, around 10 p.m. on Feb. 24, the group prepared to flee. "We had about three hours to gather together our things," Kornijko tells PEOPLE. "We tr
