Ukraine evacuating all vulnerable children

The Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy is evacuating all of the country’s children considered vulnerable.

The evacuation includes orphanages and children deprived of parental care. For many families in the process of adopting these children, like the Stieffel family from South Mississippi, the news couldn’t have come sooner.

The Stieffel family is adopting four children from Ukraine. When News 25 spoke with the family last, they had not been in contact with the children for several days, but a happy update to the family’s adoption Facebook page confirms the children’s safety and the news, but says an evacuation timeline is not known.

News 25 will continue to follow along and keep viewers updated on the progress.